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The law of Christ

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 October 2000

MICHAEL WINGER
MICHAEL WINGER
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Paul's phrase ‘the law of Christ’, used without explanation in Gal 6.2, means neither some form of words (such as Lev 19.18), nor a norm constituted by the example of Christ himself. It is rather a metaphor for what, in the life of those who belong to Christ, occupies the place that law had in the life of those who came before Christ: it means the Spirit, as described in Gal 5.16–25. Incidentally, the phrase serves to relativize ‘law’, implying that the Jewish law is just one form of law and not the highest.

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Research Article
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New Testament Studies , Volume 46 , Issue 4 , October 2000 , pp. 537 - 546
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© 2000 Cambridge University Press