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Romans
6:12-23
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
 | Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of
Spirit:
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III.XIX.1,
V.XIV.4, Adversus
Haereses,
Irenaeus of Lyons.
(c. 180) |
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II.22,
III.4,
III.8,
III.11,
IV.3, Stromata,
Clement of Alexandria (c 200) |
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Chapter VI,
On Patience,
Tertullian (c.
202) |
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Chapter
XLVII, On the Resurrection of the Flesh,
Tertullian
(c. 211) |
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Chapter
XVII, On Modesty,
Tertullian
(c. 217) |
| From
Martin Luther's Bible Commentary (1545). |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "He grants that sin is not yet so dead in us that it is utterly extinct:
but he promises victory to those that contend bravely, because we have the grace of God
given to us which works so that the law is not now in us the power and instrument of
sin." |
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| From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
| "Every man is the servant of the master to whose commands he yields
himself." |
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| From
Wesley's Notes.
| "...under the merciful dispensation of the gospel, which brings complete
victory over it to every one who is under the powerful influences of the Spirit of
Christ." |
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| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "To be 'under the law' is, first, to be under its claim to entire
obedience; and so, next under its curse for the breach of these." |
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| "The
Doctrines of Grace Do Not Lead to Sin," Romans 6:14-15, Charles H.
Spurgeon, 1883. |
| From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
| "If we obey sin, we are sin's servants, under his reign, and will receive,
not grace, but sin's wages, which is death." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
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"First
Thoughts on Year A Epistle Passages in the Lectionary,"
Pentecost 7, William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in
Australia.
| "It is in the light of
entering this new life with its dynamic generation of love and goodness
that Paul now declares: so don't let yourself be ruled by the competing
system which generates sin." |
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"Slaves of Righteousness," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed
textual notes. |
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"Slave Wages," Bill O'Brien, The Christian Century, 2005.
| "Christ followers in Africa, Asia
and Latin America have no problem with the Christian metanarrative.
The way they read the Bible leads to the marriage of word and deed,
faith and action. Why do their churches look and act so different
from churches in the West?" |
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"Surrendered
Body,"
Preacher's Magazine, 2006: Listening to the Text,
Engaging the Text, Preaching the Text. |
| "The
Stupidity of Sin (Romans 6:12-23)," by Robert Deffinbaugh at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
| "Our relationship to God through Jesus Christ does involve servanthood (or
slavery—Paul uses this imagery often), but many other dimensions are also
involved." |
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| Articles & Background:
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"Romans 5-8 as Pastoral Theology," Stanley N. Olson, Word & World,
1986.
| "The unity and functions of the
exhortation and assurance in Romans 5-8 are clarified when the
section is understood as pastoral theology." |
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"The
Sting of Death," Bonnie Miller-McLemore, Chicago Theological
Seminary. Theology Today, 1989.
| "Although we no longer live in a
world constructed around imagery of heaven, purgatory, and hell, a
look at past attempts to comprehend the 'great riddle' of death, as
Augustine remarked, might help us. Listening first-hand to the words
of Augustine, Calvin, or Kierkegaard vividly illustrates the tenor
of the changes that have occurred over the sweep of more than
nineteen centuries-but also the constancy of human experience
beneath the changes.... [T]hey depict a reality we know, and in a
way that can help us think about it more clearly." |
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Boers, Hendrikus,
"The Structure and Meaning of Romans 6:1-14," The Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, 2001.
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| Eisenbaum, Pamela,
"A Remedy for Having Been Born of Woman: Jesus, Gentiles, and Genealogy in
Romans," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2004.
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Gagnon, Robert A.J., "Heart of Wax and a Teaching that Stamps:
TYPOS DIDACHES (Romans 6:17b) Once
More," Journal of Biblical Literature,
1993.
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| Kolb,
Robert, "God Kills to Make Alive: Romans 6 and Luther's Understanding of
Justification (1535)," Lutheran Quarterly, 1998.
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Leithart, Peter J., "Justification as Verdict and Deliverance: A
Biblical Perspective," Pro Ecclesia,
2007.
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Miller-McLemore, Bonnie, "The Sting of Death," Theology Today,
1989.
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O'Brien, Bill, "Slave Wages," The Christian Century,
2005.
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| Olson,
Stanley N., "Romans 5-8 as Pastoral Theology," Word & World, 1986.
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| Talbert, Charles H.,
"Tracing Paul's Train of Thought in Romans 6-8," Review & Expositor,
2003.
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| Westerholm, Stephen,
"The Righteousness of the Law and the Righteousness of Faith in Romans,"
Interpretation, 2004. (See also,
Romans, issue focus for Interpretation, 2004.)
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