http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2008/02/the-obvious-meaning-of-texts/ a few graffiti on the wall of life Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:48:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2008/02/the-obvious-meaning-of-texts/#comment-2982 Bob MacDonald Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:24:47 +0000 http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2008/02/the-obvious-meaning-of-texts/#comment-2982 Would Paul, do you think, list things that for him would be incompatible with the reality of his knowledge of Christ? It is Paul who also wrote - whatsoever is not of faith is sin. So lists of 'sins' doesn't seem very useful in his thought process. The lists in Romans 1 are part of a rhetorical structure. Your comment made me think there could be something other than do's and don'ts in Paul's mind when writing this response to the Corinthian questions... Would Paul, do you think, list things that for him would be incompatible with the reality of his knowledge of Christ? It is Paul who also wrote - whatsoever is not of faith is sin. So lists of ’sins’ doesn’t seem very useful in his thought process. The lists in Romans 1 are part of a rhetorical structure. Your comment made me think there could be something other than do’s and don’ts in Paul’s mind when writing this response to the Corinthian questions…

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