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Preston Sprinkle The Aftw1;fe in Romans 213
4. Romans
4.2 ROMANS 8:17-30: THE GLORIFICATION OF
BELIEVERS
4.1 INTRODUCTION
Paul's epistle to the Romans contains many passages that refer to glory4',
but we will confine our study to those passages in which Paul's
use of glory is relevant to our understanding of his conception of the
afterlife4'. Instead of surveying Romans in the order in which it was
written, I have opted to begin in 8:17-30 - a passage where glory is the
centre of attention43 - and then to move back through the epistle examining
the relevant passages (I:23; 3 :23; 5 :2; 9:4, 23). While SCHLER is
correct that in 8:17-30, "erlautert der Apostel hier wie iiberall nicht,
was mit der 6650: gemeint i ~t"~~, the passage does exhibit a few defining
features that are not available in the other 'glory' passages in Romans.
41 The noun 665a without any modifiers occurs in 2:7, 10; 4:20; 9:4, 23; 11:36;
1627; with modifiers in 1:23; 3:7, 23; 5:2; 6:4; 8:18, 21; 9:23; 15:7, and the verb
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