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HEINZ-WOLFGANG KUHN 161<br />

3. Present Salvation <strong>and</strong> Hope<br />

Paul<br />

Romans 8:24: “For in hope (th| = ga_r e0lpi/di) we were saved.”<br />

Qumran<br />

1QH a 11.21–22 (3.20–21 Sukenik): “<strong>The</strong>re is hope (hwqm #y) for him<br />

(22) whom you have created (anew) away from <strong>the</strong> dust for <strong>the</strong> eternal<br />

council.”<br />

Explanations<br />

Both, in Rom 8:24 <strong>and</strong> in <strong>the</strong> “soteriological confession” 26 of <strong>the</strong> cited<br />

“community song,” salvation takes place with <strong>the</strong> entrance into <strong>the</strong> community<br />

(“we were saved” <strong>and</strong> “whom you have created anew”). 27 But <strong>the</strong><br />

two texts also speak of “hope” for a future eschatological salvation. 28<br />

Both paradoxical statements explain each o<strong>the</strong>r.<br />

B. THE COMMUNITY AS TEMPLE OF GOD AND AS “CHILDREN<br />

OF LIGHT,” A NEW COVENANT, THE COMMON MEAL,<br />

AND PREDESTINATION<br />

1. <strong>The</strong> Community as Temple <strong>and</strong> God’s Plantation<br />

Paul<br />

1 Corinthians 3:9, 16–17: “You are God’s temple [nao&j, v. 16].” “For<br />

God’s temple is holy, <strong>and</strong> you are that temple” (v. 17b). “God’s temple”<br />

also appears in <strong>the</strong> accusative case (v. 17a). “You are God’s field<br />

[gew/ rgion], God’s building [oi0kodomh&, v. 9].”<br />

26. See H.-W. Kuhn, Enderwartung, 26–27.<br />

27. See <strong>the</strong> discussion of this text under A 2, above.<br />

28. Cf. H.-W. Kuhn, ibid., 34.

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