Freedom in Christ-Gift and Demand

Authors

Edgar Krentz, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Publication Date

6-1-1969

Document Type

Article

Keywords

st. paul, law, sin, freedom, christian, death, life, gift, evil, slavery, forgiveness

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

"Freedom," a word we often hear and a concept we highly prize, is surprisingly rare in the New Testament. A rapid survey of the words eleutheria, eleutheria, and eleutheros in a concordance will show that in any sense other than the sociological (free man as opposed to slave) the term is practically confined to Paul. He is the only one to use freedom consistently in a religious sense.

Disciplines

Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

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

Galatians 5:1; Galatians 2:4; Galatians 1:4; Romans 6:22; Galatians 4:21-31; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 6:15; Romans 6:4; Galatians 2:19-20; 2 Corinthians 4:4; 1 Corinthians 7:31; Romans 7:5; Romans 8:35-36; 2 Corinthians 12:9; 1 Corinthians 15:56-57;

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Krentz, Edgar (1969) "Freedom in Christ-Gift and Demand," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 40, Article 35.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol40/iss1/35