‘. . . always carrying in the body the death of Jesus . . .’ –2 Cor 4:10
[Christ’s] death becomes metaphorically paradigmatic for the obedience of the community . . . the fundamental norm of Pauline ethics is the christomorphic life.
–Richard Hays, The Moral Vision of the New Testament (HarperOne, 1996), 46
(HT: Dane Ortlund)
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