![]() 13.10 & 11), so Sanders, at the most is seen as ‘incompetent’. At the least he is accused of working from ready-made answers – and of giving a false impression of Jewish traditions (see Gal. He seems to have all the good arguments, but occasionally gets himself tied in knots, moving as a pinball between paradox, inconsistency and contradiction. Much of what Paul writes is difficult to understand – it was difficult to understand by his contemporaries (2 Pet.3.15-16) – at times it may even seem contradictory or disjointed. One, Paul sees that “love fulfills the law” and a second, he does so, because he sees a continuing validity of Torah in the believer’s life-not as law (or regulation) but as instruction. Further, I will clarify Paul’s “contradictory” statements about the Law and solve the question: “Why does Paul use Torah in his paraklesis if he tells the believer that she is free from the Law?” This can be answered in two ways. ![]() My purpose is to investigate Rom 13:8-10 to show Paul’s view of Torah and its continuing validity for the NT believer. its salvation-historical significance) and its importance in Paul’s moral reasoning. That is, why can Paul claim on the one hand that we are not “under the Law” (or that we have been set free from the Law) and yet exhort the NT believer to behave a certain way “because the Law says so”? As my focal point is Rom 13:8-10, specific attention will be paid to the role and meaning of the Law in Romans (e.g. It is of special interest to observe both positive and negative statements which the apostle to the Gentiles makes in regard to the Law and how we are to understand these statements in relation to his ethical construction. ![]() In this work we will pay specific attention to ethical admonitions in order to see the relationship of Paul and the Law in a non-soteriological pericope-i.e., Romans 13:8-10. The topic of Paul and the Law is a tremendously significant study as it shows the relationship of the New Testament (NT) believer to Torah. ![]()
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