Love Your Enemies (A History of the Tradition and Interpretation of Its Uses)
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Love Your Enemies (A History of the Tradition and Interpretation of Its Uses)

Jesus' Love Command in the Synoptic Gospels and the Early Christian Paraenesis

John Piper

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Love Your Enemies (A History of the Tradition and Interpretation of Its Uses)

Jesus' Love Command in the Synoptic Gospels and the Early Christian Paraenesis

John Piper

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"Love Your Enemies
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This is one of the few statements Jesus made that is readily accepted by believers and skeptics alike. Its authenticity is not seriously questioned and yet it is a revolutionary command.

Giving attention to various critical theories, John Piper presents evidence that the early church earnestly advocated for non-retaliatory love, extending it to those who practiced evil in the world. Such love was key to the church's own ethical tradition or paraenesis.

Piper illuminates the Synoptics and passages in Romans, as well as 1 Thessalonians and 1 Peter, with non-canonical evidence, investigating the theological significance of Jesus's love command.

Originally published as #38 in the Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series, this is John Piper's doctoral dissertation from the University of Munich. It is a serious work of Christian scholarship by a long-time respected author and pastor. This repackaged edition features a new, extensive introduction and will be of interest to scholars, students, and lay people who have training in New Testament studies.

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Publisher
Crossway
Year
2012
ISBN
9781433534782

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