Spiritual Gifts and Spiritual Formation in 1 Corinthians and Ephesians

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max Turner
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Formation ◽  
Spiritual Gifts ◽  
The Body ◽  
1 Corinthians ◽  
In Christ

This article seeks to define ‘spiritual formation’ as it would be understood by the apostle, and to relate that concept to his teaching on spiritual gifts, with particular reference to 1 Corinthians and Ephesians. It argues that in Ephesians spiritual gifts of wisdom and revelation build the ‘body’ towards the goal of cosmic re-unification in Christ, by deepening corporate grasp of the central mystery of the gospel.

Reviews

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-304
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Gifts ◽  
The Body ◽  
Christian Theology ◽  
Body Of Christ ◽  
1 Corinthians ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Current Thinking ◽  
P Content ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Disability Theology

Summary <p content-type="flush left">Wondrously Wounded sets out to reconfigure our theological idea of what disability is. It moves away, not only from charity or medical models, but also from some current thinking in disability theology (that those labelled disabled reveal humanity’s true vulnerability) to a starting point of all life being a gift, so all capable of mediating God’s goodness. Brock grounds his argument in patristic ideas of a radical Christian human solidarity, and a convincing exegesis of 1 Corinthians 12, the body of Christ and spiritual gifts. The whole is brought to life by an account of Brock’s son, Adam, who is labelled disabled, but who under this analysis is perhaps the healthiest of us all. This is an important next step in the development of a convincing Christian theology of disability.

scholarly journals PERSPEKTIF RASUL PAULUS TENTANG BERBAHASA ROH BERDSARKAN 1 KORINTUS 14

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-21
Author(s):  
Sarwono Sarwono
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Body Of Christ ◽  
1 Corinthians ◽  
Speaking In Tongues ◽  
The Gift ◽  
The Church

The gift of speaking in tongues is a message to the body of Christ which is given in tongues and is not understood by the user. Therefore, it must be followed by an interpretation by the language understood by the congregation. The gift of tongues is usually news of a prophecy for the Lord's church and must be followed by an interpretation. If the gift of tongues is not followed by an interpretation, it cannot build up the church. Therefore, the author will discuss the apostle Paul's perspective on tongues based on 1 Corinthians 14.

Love’s Folly: Love and Knowledge in 1 Corinthians

2017 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-16
Author(s):  
Susan Grove Eastman
Keyword(s):  
Practical Wisdom ◽  
1 Corinthians ◽  
Moral Agents ◽  
In Christ

Tracing the language of love through 1 Corinthians, this article argues that Paul calls the Corinthians into an attentive communion with one another, in which mutual love will shape their practical wisdom. Paul’s goal is not the establishment of communal regulations, but rather the formation of moral agents through interpersonal bonds of love in Christ.

scholarly journals Mission to the Gentiles: The construction of Christian identity and its relationship with ethics according to Paul

2012 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias Nicklas ◽  
Herbert Schlögel
Keyword(s):  
Coordinate System ◽  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Reference Points ◽  
The Body ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Body Of Christ ◽  
Christian Identity ◽  
Human Relationships ◽  
Ethical Decisions ◽  
In Christ

Paul allowed pagans to become members of the newly founded communities of Christ-believers and thus members of God’s covenant people, Israel, without becoming circumcised. However, even if many of the ‘pagan Christians’ who became members of the new messianic movement had a background as God-Fearers in the frame of diaspora synagogues, the radicalism of their ‘step in faith’ can hardly be overestimated. With their turn from different pagan cults and their gods to the mysterious God of Israel and his crucified and risen Son, Jesus Christ, a whole coordinate system of human relationships, expectations, hopes and norms must have changed. This paper explores the construction of Christian identity and its relationship with ethics according to Paul. It is illustrated how Paul himself describes the system of changed relationships: turning away from the idols towards the living God, being in Christ or – together with others – part of the ‘body of Christ’. Moreover, these three dimensions of new relations – to God, to Christ and to the fellow believers in Christ – correspond to three reference points for ethical decisions in Pauline communities: the command to love one another, the idea of human conscience (as a voice coming from God) and the idea of the ‘ethos of Christ’.

scholarly journals Creation, Angels, and Gender in Paul, Philo, and the Dead Sea Scrolls

Open Theology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 248-255
Author(s):  
Janelle Peters
Keyword(s):  
Dead Sea Scrolls ◽  
Dead Sea ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Of Christ ◽  
Jewish Literature ◽  
1 Corinthians ◽  
The Dead ◽  
And Gender

Abstract This article reads the veiling instructions in 1 Corinthians 11:1–16 through Paul’s appeal to creation. The letter positions both genders in God, and it follows contemporary Jewish literature in assigning angels to creation and gender interdependence. Ascetic, unmarried, and married persons found inclusion in this vision of the body of Christ.

scholarly journals Discussing Medieval Dialogue between the Soul and the Body and Question of Dualism

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 172-199
Author(s):  
Barbara Peklar
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
1 Corinthians ◽  
Individual Form ◽  
Body And Soul ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Individual

This contribution is based on the rejection of medieval dualism or on distinguishing the body from the flesh, as suggested by Suzannah Biernoff (2002). This differentiation corresponds to an interpretation of the body, actually corpse, within some of the body and soul debates including the popular Visio Philiberti. Here the body is not sinful flesh, but is presented neutrally or realistically (not grotesquely), because the personality is thematized instead of the ideology. Thus in this debate, physicality is distinct from problematic weakness, and expresses the individual. This means that, unlike in the transi where the individual is transient or perishes with the decaying flesh (and finally becomes an anonymous skeleton), individuality is not fixed to the flesh or inconstant matter. Rather, it is carried by the incorporeal body or spiritual image which is autonomous or distinct from its material grounding, and so individuality is not superficial. The difference between the body and the flesh is also maintained in illustrations, although they are corporeal images, since the parchment displays the image of the individual just as skin does, however, in the preparation of parchment, the flesh was removed from the skin. Or, in the picturesque words of Giles of Rome, “liquid is taken into and poured out of a waterskin but the skin remains”,44 meaning, in accordance with Paul (1 Corinthians 15, 49), individuality is the individual form, independent of material, and therefore worth preserving. In short, not only the individuality is important, but it also has to be expressed by the image.

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