W niniejszym artykule autor używa elementów analizy socjoretorycznej dla odczytania znaczenia fragmentu 1 Kor 7,12-16. Zaczyna od przebadania kompozycji retorycznej, w której wyróżnia tezę (w. 1-2) oraz dwa bloki argumentacyjne, w. 3-16 i w. 25-40, rozdzielone retoryczną digressio w w. 17-25. W dalszej kolejności analizie socjokulturowej poddana zostaje Pawłowa argumentacja na temat „małżeństw mieszanych” w 1 Kor 7,12-16. Szczególna uwaga zostaje tu zwrócona na kwestię adresatów (kogo ma na myśli Paweł, mówiąc o „małżeństwach mieszanych”), ideę uświęcenia oraz dopuszczalność rozwodów w tego typu związkach. Ostatnim etapem analizy tekstu jest odczytanie znaczenia pokoju, o którym mówi Paweł w 1 Kor 7,15c. Według autora należy go rozumieć jako synonim zbawienia.
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In the present article, the author employs the elements of socio-rhetorical analysis to interpret 1 Cor 7:12-16. First, the rhetorical texture of 1 Cor 7 is explored. The author individuates the thesis in vv. 1-2 and the two argumentative blocks: vv. 3-16, and vv. 25-40, separated by the rhetorical digressio in vv. 17-25. Next, the argumentation of Paul on “mixed marriages” in 1 Cor 7:12-16 is analyzed. Special attention is paid to the issues of addresses, Paul’s idea of sanctification, and the possibility of divorce announced in vv. 15-16. The final step consists in illumining the meaning of the “peace” to which all Christians are called in 1 Cor 7:15c. According to the author, it must be understood as a synonym of salvation.
In the present article, the author indicates the theme of God’s justice as a unifying thread of the Letter to the Romans. The analysis of the issue starts from a general overview of the idea of justice in the Greco-Roman culture, in the Old and New Testament. Next, the author presents the overall structure of the Letter to the Romans supplied with the distribution of the vocabulary of justice. The core of the article is the analysis of the differentiated argumentative parts of the letter (Rom 1–4; 5–8; 9–11) with the special attention paid to the issue of God’s justice. Paul presents it as the power of God that saves the humanity from the incoming judgment (Rom 1–4), as the giver of new life in the Spirit and freedom for the believers (Rom 5–8), and as the creative will of God that will not cease until it brings everybody, including Israel, to salvation (Rom 9–11). At every stage of his argument, the apostle stresses that throughout the whole history of mankind God’s justice remained faithful to its original plan of salvation revealed and disclosed in the Old Testament.
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