Date of Award

4-26-1938

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Divinity (B.Div)

Department

Exegetical Theology

Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)

1 Corinthians 1: 26; Genesis 2:7; Genesis 1:2; Numbers 24:5; Psalm 51:13; Isaiah 63:10ff; Hebrews 1:7; 2 Thessalonians 2:8; Isaiah 11:4; Psalm 32:6; 1 Corinthians 2:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; Romans 8:16; 1 Corinthians 5:3; 1 Corinthians 7: 34; Romans 1: 9; Romans 8: 16; 1 Corinthians 16:18; 2 Corinthians 7: 13; Galatians 6:15; Philippians 4: 23; Philemon 1:23; 2 Timothy 4:22; 1 Corinthians 5: 5; 2 Corinthians 7: 1; 1 Thessalonians 5: 23; Galatians 6:18; Philemon 1:25; Luke 1:46-47; Romans 2: 9; Romans 13:1; Romans 11: 3; Psalm 104:4; 2 Corinthians 12: 15; Ephesians 6:1; Colossians 3:23; Philippians 2:2; Philippians 2:20; Philippians 1:27; Romans 16:4; 2 Corinthians 1:23; 2 Corinthians 12:15; Philippians 2:30; 1 Thessalonians 2:8;

Abstract

No one who studies the writings of St. Paul for any length of time can fail to note the frequent recurrence of this word and the importance which attaches to a correct understanding of its various shades of meaning. It occurs 149 times in the thirteen letters commonly ascribed to Paul, and, while there is in a study of Paul's conception of ηνε̂υμα a rich supply of material for investigation alike by the philosopher, the philologist, and the theologian, it is in the last field that its greatest value lies. Without a correct understanding of what Paul meant by the word "spirit", it is almost impossible to really understand how he thought of man as a lost and condemned creature regenerated by the working of God and living a new life by means of the power imparted to him in this regeneration. In short, Paul’s whole anthropology and his doctrines of regeneration and sanctification depend upon a correct understanding of this word.

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