A Biblical Vision, Part II: Mastering the New Testament Witness to Christ

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A B i b l i ca l Vi s i on, Par t I I : Mas ter i ng the New Tes tament Wi tnes s to Chr i s t

(1) 1 Peter

(2) 2 Peter

c. The Epistles of John

(1) 1 John

(2) 2 John

(3) 3 John

d. Jude

II. The Presentation of Jesus Christ in the Epistles: The Pauline Epistles 1

1 This analysis is indebted to the remarkable Christ-centered exegesis of the Epistles contained in John Stott’s important text, The Incomparable Christ . Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2001.

A. Galatians: Christ the Liberator

1. Perhaps the first of Paul’s letters

a. No reference is made of the Jerusalem Council of Acts 15 (Gentile converts need not follow Jewish customs in order to enjoy their freedom in Jesus Christ).

b. The decrees given to the Gentiles are not mentioned (cf. Acts 15.28-29 – For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay on you no greater burden than these requirements: [29] that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.)