Re: When to read Paul "within context" and when not ?

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 22:37:23 +0100, Mitch B put finger to keyboard and
typed:

>I tried to implicitly raise this within another thread, but my motives
>were impugned, so I'm explicitly raising it here.
>
>When, if ever, do folk think that Paul's words are taken to be as
>instructions for all Christians at all times?
>
>When, if ever, do folk think that Paul's words are to be understood
>within the socio-economic, cultural context of his time ?

The princples of what Paul wrote are valid for all time. The specific
application of them will be dependent on circumstances. The challenge
for us is how to take those principles and apply them to the situation
in which we find ourselves.

Mark
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