... to refer to God’s covenant mercy with Israel (e.g., Deut. 13:17 [13:18 MT]; Ps. 51:1 [51:3 MT]; Isa. 47:6; Jer. 42:12). (b) As James Dunn notes, the mention of renewing one’s mind is parallel to Jeremiah 31:31–35 and Ezekiel 36:26–27—that is, the obedience of the new covenant wrought by the Holy Spirit.1 (c) Furthermore, Douglas Moo calls attention to the covenantal nuance of doing the “will of God” (12:2), identifying this as the ethic of the new covenant.2 (d) The sacrificial language of 12 ...
... The meaning of “apostles” is also much debated. Thomas Schreiner and Douglas Moo argue that the term is not the technical one for the twelve apostles.9 James Dunn and Robert Jewett do not necessarily disagree, arguing that Paul, Andronicus, ... risen Christ (see 1 Cor. 15:7). Therefore, this couple had a high spiritual status, as did Paul, in preaching the gospel.10 Dunn and Jewett apparently are correct, for in Romans 16:7a Paul commends Andronicus and Junia for being imprisoned with him. This was likely ...
... Old Testament revelation of God has already announced that all—Jew and Gentile alike—have broken the stipulation of the old covenant. Or, as Douglas Moo puts it, Paul supplies in 3:19 a “greater to lesser” argument (see the discussion of qal wahomer below under the “Historical and ... based on grace—grace to enter the covenant with God, and works to stay in that relationship. Related to this, Dunn’s theory is that Paul in Romans and Galatians is not criticizing the law of Moses per se, but ...
... The key concept in this paragraph, that love is the fulfillment of the law, forms an inclusio (13:8, 10). Douglas Moo rightly points out that “fulfill” means for Paul the eschatological completion of the law, which was accomplished in ... Commandments should function as a gauge of the Christian’s behavior. This is often called the “third use” of the law.[5] Third, James Dunn approaches 13:8–10 from the New Perspective on Paul. The curse of the law has been lifted in Christ so that now believers ...
