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

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b. Our union with Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection through baptism (ch. 6)

c. Christ’s liberation from the power and tyranny of the indwelling sin nature, (ch. 7)

d. The liberating power of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus delivering us from the power of the sin nature, the curse of the Law, (ch. 8)

e. Christ’s redeeming power sustains for both the Jew and the Gentile, according to God’s righteous plan, (chs. 9-11).

f. On the ground of God’s saving grace and mercies to us in Christ our Redeemer, we ought now to live transformed by the renewal of our minds to fulfill God’s perfect will, (ch. 12).

(1) Our relationship to the Lord (12.1-2)

(2) Our relationship to ourselves and our gifting (12.3-8)

(3) Our relationship to one another (12.9-16)

(4) Our relationship to our enemies (12.17-21)

(5) Our relationship to the State (13.1-7)

(6) Our relationship to our neighbor (13.8-10)

(7) Our relationship to the weak (14.1-15.13)

4. The Corinthian Epistles