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William Mitchell Ramsay

The Teaching of Paul in Terms of the Present Day

William Mitchell Ramsay

Ramsay's systematic exploration of Paul's theological thought applied to modern contexts, addressing whether Paul had a coherent philosophy, his methodology, his Hellenistic education, and the parallels between Paul and John in their confident faith in Christ.

58 Chapters

Table of Contents

1 00.3. Preface 2 01. Part I. Preparatory Questions 3 02. I. Had Paul a Philosophy? 4 03. II. Method and Plan 5 04. III. Is Paul’s Philosophy Convincing? 6 05. IV. Did Paul See Jesus? 7 06. V. The Hellenism of Paul 8 07. VI. The Childhood and Youth of Paul 9 08. VII. St. Paul and St. John 10 09. VIII. The Confident Faith of Paul and John 11 10. Part II. The Thought of Paul 12 11. IX. The Basis of Paul’s Thought— (1) God Is 13 12. X. The Basis of Paul’s Thought— (2) God Is Good 14 13. XI. This Principle Is Seen, but Cannot Be Proved 15 14. XII. The Contact with Greek Thought 16 15. XIII. Comparison with the Confession of Islam 17 16. XIV. The Promise the Free Gift of God, yet Earned by Man 18 17. XV. The Purpose of God 19 18. XVI. The New Birth 20 19. XVII. Life Is Growth 21 20. XVIII. Christ a Power in Man? 22 21. XIX. The Alternative: Impersonal Power or Personal God 23 22. XX. The Righteousness of God 24 23. XXI. Is There a Limit to Salvation? 25 24. XXII. The Idea of Growth and Development in the Teaching of Paul 26 25. XXIII. Righteousness and Sin 27 26. XXIV. The Pagan World of the Roman Empire 28 27. XXV. The Wrath of God 29 28. XXVI. Sin as a Force and Power over Man 30 29. XXVII. The First Adam and the Second Adam 31 30. XXVIII. The Saint as King 32 31. XXIX. Faith as a Power 33 32. XXX. A Motive Power to Salvation 34 33. XXXI. The Measure and Estimate of Faith 35 34. XXXII. Faith unto Salvation 36 35. XXXIII. The Gift of Christ 37 36. XXXIV. Metaphor and Truth 38 37. XXXV. The Beginning of Sin in the World 39 38. XXXVI. Influence of Contemporary Custom on Paul 40 39. XXXVII. The Happy Lot of Man 41 40. XXXVIII. The Mystery of God 42 41. XXXIX. The Suffering of God 43 42. XL. The Knowledge of God 44 43. XLI. Knowledge and Love 45 44. XLII. Partial and Complete Knowledge 46 45. XLIII. The Rights of Man 47 46. XLIV. Did Paul Teach a Selfish End? 48 47. XLV. The Family in the Teaching of Paul 49 48. XLVI. Conclusion 50 49. Part III. Subsidiary Questions 51 50. XLVII. The Relation of St. Paul to the Greek Mysteries 52 51. XLVIII. The Theory that Paul Was an Epileptic 53 52. XLIX. The Hymn of Heavenly Love (1 Corinthians 13) 54 53. L. The Imprisonment and Supposed Trial of Paul in Rome (Acts 28) 55 54. LI. The Date of the Galatian Letter 56 55. LII. The Use of the Word “Mystery” in the Letters 57 56. LIII. Dr. Deissmann on the Letters of Paul as Literature 58 57. LIV. Belief and Baptism

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