This book criticizes the modern Paul theology's treatment of the Bible as the same as ordinary documents made by humans rather than the complete and infallible words of God, and is a new study of John theology based on the gospel and the theology of Religious Reformation.
Introduction 14
Ch. 1 Paul¡¯s Understanding of God¡¯s Creation 17
1. Mosaic creationism(Gen. 1:1) 18
2. Creationism in the Book of Job(Job 1:6) 21
3. John¡¯s Creationism(Jn. 1:3) 23
4. Paul¡¯s theory of creation(1 Cor. 8:6; Col. 1:16) 24
Ch. 2 Paul¡¯s Understanding of the Scriptures as a Teacher of the Law 29
1. Understanding the Bible before meeting Christ 29
2. Understanding the Bible after meeting Christ 36
Ch. 3 The soil of the theological development of Paul¡¯s epistles 40
1. Theologians¡¯ Perspective on Paul¡¯s Epistles 42
2. Past lines of Paul study 48
3. Changes in Paul¡¯s Study 48
1) F.C. Baur(Tubingen school) 50
2) The liberal school 51
3) Religious History School 53
4) Eschatological interpretation 58
5) Recent trends in Paul research 60
Ch. 4 General Overview of Paul¡¯s Epistles 62
1. The chronology and purpose of writing Paul¡¯s epistles 65
2. Paul¡¯s First Epistle 69
1) 1 Thessalonians 70
2) 2 Thessalonians 72
3) Galatians 74
3. Paul¡¯s Second Epistle 76
1) 1 Corinthians 77
2) 2 Corinthians 78
4. Paul¡¯s Third Epistle(Romans) 82
5. Paul¡¯s 4th Epistle(Prison Epistles) 85
1) Colossians 87
2) Philemon 88
3) Ephesians 89
4) Philippians 90
6. Paul¡¯s Fifth Letter(Pastoral Epistles) 91
1) 1 Timothy 92
2) Titus 94
3) 2 Timothy 96
Ch. 5 Doctrinal Overview of Paul¡¯s Epistles 97
1. The Necessity of Doctrine 99
2. Distinction between orthodoxy and heresy through doctrine 100
3. Doctrinal Safety Pins 106
Ch. 6 Paul¡¯s Understanding of God 109
2. Jehovah God(Exo. 6:2-3) 115
3. Father(Rom. 6:4; 8:6; 2 Cor. 6:18) 117
4. The Lord(1 Thess. 4:6, 16; 2 Tim. 4:17-18) 118
6. God our Savior(1 Tim. 1:1; 2:3) 120
7. The eternal King, the only God(1 Tim. 1:17) 121
8. The Living God(1 Tim. 3:15; 4:10) 123
9. The Sovereign One(1 Tim. 6:15) 124
10. King of Kings and Lord of Lords(1 Tim. 6:15) 124
11. He who dwells in the light and cannot be seen(1 Tim. 6:16) 126
12. The Great God and Savior Jesus Christ(Titus 2:13) 127
13. The one who raised the dead(2 Cor. 4:14) 128
14. He who calls out of nothing(Rom. 4:17, 24; 2 Cor. 1:9; Gal. 1:15) 130
15. God of Jesus Christ(2 Cor. 1:3; Eph. 1:3) 132
16. Father of Abba(Gal. 4:6; Rom. 8:15) 133
17. Father of all(1 Cor. 15:28; Eph. 4:6; Col. 3:11) 134
18. Lord Almighty(Rom. 9:29) 136
Ch. 7 Paul¡¯s Understanding of God¡¯s Work 138
1. Predestination(Isa. 30:32; Acts 3:20; Eph. 1:5; 1 Pet. 1:2) 140
2. Decree(2 Sam. 17:14; Lk. 22:22; Acts 13:48) 142
3. The dispensation(Eph. 1:9; 3:2; Col. 1:25; 1 Tim. 1:4) 144
4. Understanding Godism 147
Ch. 8 Christology as understood by Paul 148
1. Christology in 1 and 2 Thessalonians 153
1) The Lord Jesus who will come(1 Thess. 1:10; 2:19; 3:13; 4:15-16; 5:23; 2 Thes. 1:10; 2:1) 154
2) The one who faithful(1 Thess. 5:24; 2 Thess. 3:3) 156
3) He who appears in flames(2 Thess. 1:7) 157
4) Lord of Peace(2 Thess. 3:16) 159
2. The Christology of Galatians 160
1) He who called you(Gal. 1:6) 161
2) The one who reveals(Gal. 1:12; 2:2) 163
3) The one who makes apostles(Gal. 2:8) 165
4) He who gives the Holy Spirit(Gal. 3:5) 166
5) A descendant of Abraham(Gal. 3:16, 29) 167
6) The promised offspring(Gal. 3:19) 169
7) The Mediator(Gal. 3:20) 171
8) Son born of woman(Gal. 4:4) 174
9) Spirit of the Son(Gal. 4:6) 175
3. The Christology of Romans 176
1) David¡¯s lineage(Rom. 1:3; 9:5) 178
2) Spirit of holiness(Rom. 1:4) 180
3) God¡¯s righteousness(Rom. 3:21-22) 181
4) reconciliation offering(Rom. 3:25) 182
5) The image of the Son(Rom. 8:29) 183
6) The one at the right hand of God(Rom. 8:34) 184
7) The one who is above all(Rom. 9:5) 185
8) Rock of offense(Rom. 9:33) 186
9) The end of the law(Rom. 10:4) 188
10) Lord of all people(Rom. 10:12) 189
11) Lord of all things(Rom. 11:36) 191
12) Lord of the dead and the living(Rom. 14:9) 191
13) The one who rises to rule the nations(Rom. 15:12) 192
4. The Christology of Corinthians 193
1) Christ crucified(1 Cor. 1:23; 2:2) 194
2) Spirit from God(1 Cor. 2:12) 195
3) Christ, the foundation(foundation stone)(1 Cor. 3:11; Rom. 15:20; Eph. 2:20) 196
4) Christ, the Lamb of Passover(1 Cor. 5:7) 197
5) Christ, the Creator(1 Cor. 8:6; Jn. 1:3; Col. 1:16; Ps. 148:2) 198
6) The spiritual rock(1 Cor. 10:4; Isa. 17:10; 28:16; Ps. 18:2; Dan. 2:35) 199
7) The first fruits of those who sleep(1 Cor. 15:20) 200
8) The last Adam and the life-giving spirit(1 Cor.15:45,47; 2 Cor. 3:6) 201
9) The second man born in heaven(1 Cor. 15:47) 203
10) Spirit of the Lord(2 Cor. 3:17-18) 205
11) Christ in the image of God(2 Cor. 4:4; Gal. 4:19) 206
12) Christ in you(2 Cor. 13:5; Rom 8:10, Eph 3:17) 207
5. The Christology of Ephesians 209
1) The spirit of wisdom and revelation(Eph. 1:17) 210
2) The head and body of the church(Eph. 1:22-23; 5:23; Col. 1:18) 210
3) Jesus who is peace(Eph. 2:14, 16; Col. 1:20) 211
4) Jesus, the cornerstone(Eph. 2:20) 212
5) One Lord(Eph. 4:5) 214
6. The Christology of Philippians 215
1) The one who began good works(Phil. 1:6) 216
2) Christ, who being in very nature God(Phil. 2:6) 217
3) Christ in the form of a servant(Phil. 2:7) 218
4) The one who can subdue all things(Phil. 3:21) 220
5) The one who gives power(Phil. 4:13) 221
7. The Christology of Colossians 221
1) The image of the invisible God(Col. 1:15) 222
2) The one who created all things(Col. 1:16) 223
3) The one who is before all things(Col. 1:17) 223
4) Head of the body, the church(Col. 1:18) 225
5) The one who made peace(Col. 1:20, 22) 225
6) The one who works with might(Col. 1:29) 226
7) Christ as the mystery of God(Col. 2:2) 227
8) Rulers and heads of power(Col. 2:10) 229
9) Christ at the right hand of God(Col. 3:1) 230
8. The Christology of 1 and 2 Timothy 230
1) The enabling Christ(1 Tim. 1:12) 231
2) Christ the One Mediator(1 Tim. 2:5) 232
3) A ransom for all men(1 Tim. 2:6) 234
4) Jesus who appeared in the flesh(1 Tim. 3:16) 235
5) Christ to appear again(1 Tim. 6:14-15; 2 Tim. 1:10; 4:1) 236
6) The risen Christ(2 Tim. 2:8) 237
7) Righteous Judge(2 Tim. 4:8) 238
9. The Christology of Titus 239
1) Christ to appear in great glory(Titus 2:13) 239
2) Christ pouring out the Holy Spirit(Titus 3:6; Acts 2:38) 240
Ch. 9 The mystery of Christ realized by Paul 242
1. The mystery of Christ revealed to the Corinthian Church 243
2. The mystery of Christ revealed to the Ephesian church 246
3. The mystery of Christ revealed to the Colossian church 247
Ch. 10 Paul¡¯s Pneumatology 251
1. Paul¡¯s understanding of the Holy Spirit 252
2. Other Titles of the Holy Spirit 255
3. The Role of the Holy Spirit in Paul¡¯s Epistles 256
4. The law and law of the Spirit(Rom. 8:2) 257
5. The Holy Spirit experienced by Paul 258
1) The Holy Spirit searches all things(1 Cor. 2:10-11) 259
2) The liberating Spirit of the Lord(2 Cor. 3:17-18) 259
3) The Holy Spirit who gives gifts(1 Cor. 12:4, 7) 260
Ch. 11 Paul¡¯s Humanism 264
1. Human nature(1 Cor. 6:19; 11:12) 267
2. Paul¡¯s theory of sin(Rom. 5:12; 1:18) 269
3. The wages of sin is death(Rom. 6:23) 270
4. Relationship between body and spirit(Rom. 8:5) 272
5. Paul¡¯s new anthropology(2 Cor. 5:17; Eph. 4:24) 274
Ch. 12 Paul¡¯s soteriology 278
1. The concept of salvation(Gal. 3:16) 279
2. The concept of faith(Rom. 4:3) 282
3. The motive of salvation(Rom. 9:15, 18) 284
4. Circumcision and salvation(Col. 2:11; Rom. 4:11) 286
5. The law of the Spirit of life and the law of death (Rom. 8:2) 289
6. Repentance(2 Tim. 2:25; Rom. 2:5) 290
7. A new creation(2 Cor. 5:17) 292
Ch. 13 Paul¡¯s Ecclesiology 295
1. The Beginning of the Church 296
2. The influence of Judaism on ecclesiology 298
3. The tradition of the church established by Paul(2 Thess. 2:15) 299
1) Organizational form of the church 301
2) Tradition of Worship 302
4. The concept of the church 303
5. Transformation of Worship 305
6. Spiritual Worship(Rom. 12:1-2) 306
7. Purpose of Worship 307
Ch. 14 Paul¡¯s Eschatology 309
1. What is death?(Jn. 19:30) 311
2. Physical resurrection(1 Cor. 15:20, 38, 44) 312
3. Resurrection as a spiritual body(1 Cor. 15:44, 49) 317
4. The coming of Christ and God¡¯s judgment 320
5. Hell(Rom. 1:32; 7:10, 24; 1 Cor. 15:26, 55; 2 Cor . 2:16) 324
6. Paul¡¯s Kingdom of God(Rom. 14:17; 1 Cor. 4:20) 326
References 330
Biography 332