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Gabriele Boccaccini: /* Sexual immorality, justification, salvation */

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Sexual immorality, justification, salvation

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	Abandoning sexual immorality is not a prerequisite for justification. There are no sins that cannot be forgiven. The only prerequisite is the acknowledgement of the authority of the Son of Man.		Abandoning sexual immorality is not a prerequisite for justification. There are no sins that cannot be forgiven. The only prerequisite is the acknowledgement of the authority of the Son of Man.

	Abandoning sexual immorality becomes a obligation for those who have been baptized. Paul invite the member of the community to "drive out the wicked person among you":		Abandoning sexual immorality becomes an obligation for those who have been baptized. The historical context - as we have seen - shows that pederasty, sex with slaves, temple prostitution and other abusive forms of sex were prevalent in the first century when the Apostle Paul wrote 1 Corinthians. Paul invite the member of the community to "drive out the wicked person among you":

	:1 Corinthians 5:9-13 (NRSV) -- 9 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral persons-- 10 not at all meaning the immoral of this world, or the greedy and robbers, or idolaters, since you would then need to go out of the world. 11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother or sister who is sexually immoral or greedy, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or robber. Do not even eat with such a one. 12 For what have I to do with judging those outside? Is it not those who are inside that you are to judge? 13 God will judge those outside. "Drive out the wicked person from among you."		:1 Corinthians 5:9-13 (NRSV) -- 9 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral persons-- 10 not at all meaning the immoral of this world, or the greedy and robbers, or idolaters, since you would then need to go out of the world. 11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother or sister who is sexually immoral or greedy, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or robber. Do not even eat with such a one. 12 For what have I to do with judging those outside? Is it not those who are inside that you are to judge? 13 God will judge those outside. "Drive out the wicked person from among you."

Gabriele Boccaccini: /* Hellenistic-Jewish sources */

2018-02-12T14:07:41Z

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Gabriele Boccaccini: /* Paul's ethics */

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Paul's ethics

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	==Paul's ethics==		==Paul's ethics==

	According to Paul, sinners receive justification (i.e. forgiveness of their past sins) through faith in Christ. From ~~that~~ moment ~~their~~ responsibility is "to be found blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Cor 1:8). Paul expected this time (the time before the ~~Lat~~ Judgment) to be short and is very strict and demanding in ~~term~~ of ethical behavior.		According to Paul, sinners receive justification (i.e. forgiveness of their past sins) through faith in Christ. There are no sins that cannot be forgiven. if a person believed in the authority of Jesus as the Messiah. From the moment a person has received justification, however, it is his/her responsibility "to be found blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Cor 1:8). Paul expected this time (i.e. the time before the Last Judgment) to be short and was very strict and demanding in terms of ethical behavior.

	He openly rebukes those who believes that because they had been justified, they could now live without any kind of moral restraint, having “the right to do anything” (1 Cor 6:12; 10:23):		He openly rebukes those who believes that because they had been justified, they could now live without any kind of moral restraint, having “the right to do anything” (1 Cor 6:12; 10:23):

Gabriele Boccaccini: /* Sexual immorality, justification, salvation */

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Sexual immorality, justification, salvation

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	==Sexual immorality, justification, salvation==		==Sexual immorality, justification, salvation==

	Abandoning sexual immorality is not a prerequisite for justification. There are no ~~sin~~ that cannot be forgiven. The only prerequisite is the acknowledgement of the authority of the Son of Man.		Abandoning sexual immorality is not a prerequisite for justification. There are no sins that cannot be forgiven. The only prerequisite is the acknowledgement of the authority of the Son of Man.

	Abandoning sexual immorality becomes a obligation for those who have been baptized. Paul invite the member of the community to "drive out the wicked person among you":		Abandoning sexual immorality becomes a obligation for those who have been baptized. Paul invite the member of the community to "drive out the wicked person among you":

Gabriele Boccaccini: /* Paul's ethics */

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Paul's ethics

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	==Paul's ethics==		==Paul's ethics==

	According to Paul, sinners receive justification (i.e. forgiveness of their past sins) in Christ. From that moment their responsibility is "To be found blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Cor 1:8). Paul expected this time to be short and is very demanding in term of ethical behavior.		According to Paul, sinners receive justification (i.e. forgiveness of their past sins) through faith in Christ. From that moment their responsibility is "to be found blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Cor 1:8). Paul expected this time (the time before the Lat Judgment) to be short and is very strict and demanding in term of ethical behavior.

	He openly rebukes those who believes that because they had been justified, they could now live without any kind of moral restraint, having “the right to do anything” (1 Cor 6:12; 10:23):		He openly rebukes those who believes that because they had been justified, they could now live without any kind of moral restraint, having “the right to do anything” (1 Cor 6:12; 10:23):

Gabriele Boccaccini: /* Paul's ethics */

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Paul's ethics

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	:Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, sodomites, 10 thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, robbers--none of these will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And this is what some of you used to be. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God. 12 "All things are lawful for me," but not all things are beneficial ... The body is meant not for fornication but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.		:Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, sodomites, 10 thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, robbers--none of these will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And this is what some of you used to be. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God. 12 "All things are lawful for me," but not all things are beneficial ... The body is meant not for fornication but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

	On the contrary, people who are baptized, both Jews and Gentiles, are bound to the highest moral standards. ~~They~~ are free from the power of evil, they are ~~not~~ free to do whatever they like. The ~~freddom thay~~ have received is not freedom to sin, but freedom to love:		On the contrary, people who are baptized, both Jews and Gentiles, are bound to the highest moral standards. The fact that they are loved by God and made free from the power of evil, does not mean that they are now free to do whatever they like. The freedom they have received is not freedom to sin, but freedom to love:

	:For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another. 14 For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."		:For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another. 14 For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." (Galatians 5:13-14).

	If faith is what leads to forgiveness, and hope is what leads to repentance, love is the most important virtue as it leads to salvation:		If faith is what leads to forgiveness, and hope is what leads to repentance, love is the most important virtue as it leads to salvation:

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Paul's ethics

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	:Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, sodomites, 10 thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, robbers--none of these will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And this is what some of you used to be. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God. 12 "All things are lawful for me," but not all things are beneficial ... The body is meant not for fornication but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.		:Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, sodomites, 10 thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, robbers--none of these will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And this is what some of you used to be. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God. 12 "All things are lawful for me," but not all things are beneficial ... The body is meant not for fornication but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

	On the contrary, people who are baptized, both Jews and Gentiles, are bound to the highest moral standards.		On the contrary, people who are baptized, both Jews and Gentiles, are bound to the highest moral standards. They are free from the power of evil, they are not free to do whatever they like. The freddom thay have received is not freedom to sin, but freedom to love:

			:For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another. 14 For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

	If faith is what leads to forgiveness, and hope is what leads to repentance, love is the most important virtue as it leads to salvation:		If faith is what leads to forgiveness, and hope is what leads to repentance, love is the most important virtue as it leads to salvation:

Gabriele Boccaccini at 16:27, 31 January 2018

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	'''Sexual Immorality''' (Gk. ''porneia'') denotes a series of sexual behaviors that were largely tolerated in the Greco-Roman World while Hellenistic Jews and Christians labeled as unacceptable not only for Jews but also for [[God-fearers]] and baptized Gentiles.		'''Sexual Immorality''' (Gk. ''porneia'') denotes a series of sexual behaviors that were largely tolerated in the Greco-Roman World while Hellenistic Jews and Christians labeled as unacceptable not only for Jews but also for [[God-fearers]] and baptized Gentiles.

	==~~Overview~~==		==Paul's ethics==

			According to Paul, sinners receive justification (i.e. forgiveness of their past sins) in Christ. From that moment their responsibility is "To be found blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Cor 1:8). Paul expected this time to be short and is very demanding in term of ethical behavior.

			He openly rebukes those who believes that because they had been justified, they could now live without any kind of moral restraint, having “the right to do anything” (1 Cor 6:12; 10:23):

			:Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, sodomites, 10 thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, robbers--none of these will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And this is what some of you used to be. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God. 12 "All things are lawful for me," but not all things are beneficial ... The body is meant not for fornication but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

			On the contrary, people who are baptized, both Jews and Gentiles, are bound to the highest moral standards.
			If faith is what leads to forgiveness, and hope is what leads to repentance, love is the most important virtue as it leads to salvation:

			: (1 Corinthians 13) If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. 4 Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. 7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end... 13 And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

			Sexual immorality (''porneia'') is, along with [[idolatry]], something to be rejected in order to remain "blameless".

			==Sexual immorality==

	The Torah of Moses imposes very strict rules in terms of sexual conduct. While Gentiles were not expected to follow the same rules, both Hellenistic Jews and Christians required [[God-fearers]] and baptized Gentile to abstain from ''sexual impurity''. Both the Letter of Aristeas and Philo of Alexandria offer a detailed account of what Hellenistic Jews meant by sexual impurity. According to the Acts of Apostles, baptized Gentiles were required to abstain from sexual impurity by the so-called [[Council of Jerusalem]] (Acts 15:20.29; 21:25) with the consent of all components of the early Church.		The Torah of Moses imposes very strict rules in terms of sexual conduct. While Gentiles were not expected to follow the same rules, both Hellenistic Jews and Christians required [[God-fearers]] and baptized Gentile to abstain from ''sexual impurity''. Both the Letter of Aristeas and Philo of Alexandria offer a detailed account of what Hellenistic Jews meant by sexual impurity. According to the Acts of Apostles, baptized Gentiles were required to abstain from sexual impurity by the so-called [[Council of Jerusalem]] (Acts 15:20.29; 21:25) with the consent of all components of the early Church.

	See also Romans 1:29 Rec.; 1 Corinthians 5:1; 1 Corinthians 6:13, 18; 1 Corinthians 7:2; 2 Corinthians 12:21; Ephesians 5:3; Colossians 3:5; 1 Thessalonians 4:3; Revelation 9:21; it is distinguished from μοιχεία in Matthew 15:19; Mark 7:21; and Galatians 5:19 Rec.; used of adultery ((cf. Hosea 2:2 (4), etc.)), Matthew 5:32; Matthew 19:9.		Paul also follows the same path. See also Romans 1:29 Rec.; 1 Corinthians 5:1; 1 Corinthians 6:13, 18; 1 Corinthians 7:2; 2 Corinthians 12:21; Ephesians 5:3; Colossians 3:5; 1 Thessalonians 4:3; Revelation 9:21; it is distinguished from μοιχεία in Matthew 15:19; Mark 7:21; and Galatians 5:19 Rec.; used of adultery ((cf. Hosea 2:2 (4), etc.)), Matthew 5:32; Matthew 19:9.

	==Incest==		==Incest==

Gabriele Boccaccini: /* Adultery and divorce */

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Adultery and divorce

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	==Adultery and divorce==		==Adultery and divorce==

	~~Adultery~~ was always condemned without exceptions in case of women. ~~Sexual~~ relationships of a married man with (female and boys) slaves and prostitutes were considered acceptable and amply justified, unless the husband would neglect his marital duties or disgrace publicly his wife. More questionable was the relationship of a married man with another free woman, especially of an equal rank as his own wife, since it was a threat to the unity of the family and the stability of the marriage.		In the Roman world, adultery was always condemned without exceptions in case of women. On the contrary, sexual relationships of a married man with (female and boys) slaves and prostitutes were considered acceptable and amply justified, unless the husband would neglect his marital duties or disgrace publicly his wife. More questionable was the relationship of a married man with another free woman, especially of an equal rank as his own wife, since it was a threat to the unity of the family and the stability of the marriage.

	Hellenistic Jews and Christians had a very strong view of the sanctity of marriage and the prohibition of adulterous relationships. In the earliest Christian community the situation was complicated by the eschatological expectations which led many (including Paul) to question the validity (or the opportunity) of marriage itself.		Hellenistic Jews and Christians had a very strong view of the sanctity of marriage and the prohibition of adulterous relationships. In the earliest Christian community the situation was complicated by the eschatological expectations which led many (including Paul) to question the validity (or the opportunity) of marriage itself.