P. Derek Overfield PhD Thesis - Research@StAndrews:FullText

number', and is thus equivalent to the
of Rom 1:5.
Rom 13:10b
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ovv
The sense here, in line with other
Pauline statements which express the
same idea without resort to the
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sumrnatl.on •
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concept, is 'fulfillment ' ,
Rom 15:29:
The language is vague but the sense
is surely -that Paul expects that booth.
he and his hosts \-Jill share in the
superabundant blessings of Christ.
The same thought is expressed in somewhat
stronger fashion in 1 Thess 1:5;
"we
brought you the Gospel •.• in the
power of the Holy Spirit and with
strong conviction
II
Gal 4:4:
'COU xpovov J
and similarly I Eph 1: 10 d (; oho·vol""'-io.':J
Both passages use ~An.p~~u in exactly
the same way, though it is likely
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