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An Exegetical Study Of I Corinthians 7:21 And Its Contemporary Implications, James Kaspar
An Exegetical Study Of I Corinthians 7:21 And Its Contemporary Implications, James Kaspar
Bachelor of Divinity
To attempt to discuss the whole of the New Testament evidence on slavery is too broad for a paper of this nature. Therefore, I have limited myself to an exegetical study of I Corinthians 7:21 and some of its implications. This paper will specifically seek to isolate the thrust or message of the pericope and its relationship to the total Pauline corpus, I shall discuss the various textual problems,, -especially the meaning of κλη̑σις and the construction μ̑αλλον χρ̑ησαι Then I shall consider the periscope in its various contexts (the immediate context [verses 17-24], the seventh chapter, the entire book …