Full text online at University of California Press . A platonic hermeneutic, similar to that of Philo, is what empowers and energizes Paul's gospel, however otherwise different are the moral and religious visions of these two first-century Jews. Baptism and communion do not provide immunity from the evil forces. Jerome H. Neyrey, in The Social Sciences and New Testament Interpretation , 159-82. R. L. Rohrbaugh, ed.
Spiritual privilege provides the basis for success, but it never guarantees it.
Instead, spiritual privilege demands responsibility. This is part of the warning of this passage. World Council of Churches , 1982. Theological and practical commentary. At North Park Seminary's Ex Auditu .