Grace in the New Testament
By: by James Moffatt
Publisher: R. Long & R.R. Smith, Inc.
Published: 1932
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 419
Subjects: Bible; Grace (Theology); Biblical teaching; Theology
Notes: Errata slip inserted.

A companion to the author's Love in the New Testament. cf. Pref.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: I. Introduction; title: A. That vague term 'grace'; title: How far is it an equivalent for Christianity?; title: Varying uses in literature and theology; title: B. Christianity a religion of grace; title: 1. The four characteristics of such a religion; title: Dislike of the term 'grace'; title: The 'aesthetic' element; title: 2. Paul's interpretation and his successors; title: Misconceptions of his meaning; title: A warning of Dr. Chalmers; title: A mistake of Cardinal Newman; title: C. The New Testament a book of grace; title: "By the grace of God"; title: Grace and grace-words; title: II. The antecedents of grace; title: A. The Greek and Jewish vocabulary; title: 1. Grace or 'charis' as beauty or bounty; title: As kindness and gratitude; title: 2. Grace as active favor; title: Paul on the good will of God; title: Religious possibilities of this meaning; title: Two supernatural turns of the term; title: As spell or magical power; title: As chthonian grace; title: 3. Three compromising associations; title: Why the NT drops the OT phrase "to find grace in the sight of God"; title: God not capricious; title: Philo and Paul; title: The external sense of "favour"; title: Inadequate meaning of "grace and glory (honor)"; title: favouritism; title: the political sense of 'charis'; title: no "respect of persons" in God; title: B. Grace in the Old Testament; title: 1. The two Hebrew terms and their Greek equivalents; title: Why Paul prefers 'charis,' to mercy; title: 2. Rarity of 'charis' in the Psalter; title: Often introduced into the psalms by Christians; title: 3. Grace-words without 'grace'; title: "Non nobis"; title: Two NT alterations in OT Psalms; title: C. Grace in the writing of Philo; title: Warm and wide use of the term; title: As opposed to merit; title: Three differences between Philo and Paul; title: D. Grace in the Hermetica; title: Divine revelation and redemption; title: The divine initiative as gracious; title: E. Grace in the mystery-religions; title: The cults and the new craving for personal religion; title: 'Grace' not one of their religious words; title: But the divine initiative is gracious; title: Advance of Christianity beyond the cults; title: F. Grace in the religious philosophy of the age; title: The higher Stoicism; title: The influence of Poseidonius; title: A longing for divine aid and action; title: God's provision for men; title: Reaction against astral fatalism; title: How Paul met this; title: G. Affinities with contemporary movements; title: Four circles of belief; title: The parallel in "bhakti"; title: The environment and distinctiveness of Christianity as grace-religion; title: III. Jesus and grace; title: A. The truth of "grace" in the synoptic gospels; title: The mission of Jesus due to divine initiative; title: The method of Jesus; title: Direct appeal to the sinful; title: The teaching on rank and reward in the kingdom; title: Repudiation of merit; title: The parables of grace; title: Precisians of the day; title: The self-sacrifice of Jesus; title: 'Grace' implicit in his life and death; title: B. Recognition of this by the primitive church; title: Jesus as 'Lord'; title: Paul's theology of the cross; title: The apostolic message of grace a legitimate interpretation of Jesus; title: Grace and the resurrection; title: The 'Formgeschichte' movement; title: 'Grace' in the message and mission of Jesus; title: IV. The New Testament language of grace; title: A. The two verbs; title: The annunciation; title: The stress on forgiveness; title: Twofold meaning of the verb; title: B. The noun 'grace-gift'; title: general senses of the word in Paul; title: 1. The special meaning in; title: Romans xii. 6 f.; title: The wrong use of 'gifts'; title: I Corinthians xii. 4 f.; title: The scope and spirit of 'gifts'; title: Ephesians iv. 7 f.; title: 2. Later NT usage; title: I Peter iv. 10 f.; title: The pastoral epistles; title: 3. Never used for God's gifts in creation; title: C. 'Grace' preferred to 'mercy'; title: The meaning of Galatians vi.16; title: Paul more interested in morals than in mortality; title: D. Why 'grace' is preferred to goodwill; title: The meaning of Luke ii. 14; title: E. Why some other Hellenistic terms are avoided; title: V. Paul on grace; title: A. "All is of grace and grace is for all"; title: 1. "All is of grace"; title: Faith and indebtedness; title: 2. "Grace is for all"; title: The origin of his universalism; title: Two explanations; title: B. The letters of Paul; title: Read at worship; title: 1. The opening formula; title: Origin and originality of "grace and peace"; title: Why grace comes first; title: Joy and thankfulness; title: Religious significance of the phrase; title: 2. The closing formula; title: Why Paul substitutes "grace" for "farewell"; title: Why he mentions peace towards the close; title: Range of his peace-words; title: 3. Implications of "grace and peace"; title: Peace on earth; title: The full meaning of "peace" after "grace"; title: Matthew Arnold and Jowett; title: 4. The benediction in 2 Corinthians; title: "The communion of the holy Spirit" and grace; title: Double aspect of fellowship; title: The background of the saying; title: C. The Macedonian letters; title: Their place in the mission of Paul; title: 1. No local trouble over the law; title: Grace-teaching implicit rather than explicit; title: The resurrection of Jesus central; title: 2. Grace and the strain of life; title: The glory of God and grace; title: "The grace of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ"; title: 3. Two words on grace and suffering; title: Grace and power; title: The privilege of hardship; title: Grace and joy; title: 4. Grace and election; title: Various expressions of this in Philippians and elsewhere; title: The divine initiative in the apostle's life and; title: In mission preaching; title: Moral bearings of this belief in three directions; title: The temptation of the Macedonians; title: D. The middle letters; title: Why grace becomes prominent; title: The problem and the thrill of grace; title: "Grace abounding"; title: Grace and generosity; title: 1. No grace, no gospel; title: The data in Galatians; title: Grace and the call of God; title: How grace is annulled; title: The meaning of ii. 11-21; title: Peter's position on grace; title: Grace versus law; title: 2. Two words on the incarnation; title: "you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ"; title: The divine generosity; title: "He emptied himself"; title: The divine condescension; title: 3. Grace concentrated in Jesus Christ; title: Hence no emphasis on grace in nature; title: Or in human nature before Christ; title: The meaning of 2 Corinthians vi. I f.; title: The faith of Abraham; title: Its significance and limitations for Christians; title: 4. Three surveys of life prior to the coming of grace; title: In Galatians iii. 6-iv. 7; title: The grace-word of "covenant" or "testament"; title: Not central in Paul; title: The grace-word of promise; title: Why Paul prefers this; title: The religious significance of promise; title: In Romans i. 18-iv. 25; title: How ripe the world was for grace; title: What is "God's righteousness"?; title: The wrath of God; title: "All guilty before God"; title: "But nowÖ"; title: The coming of grace; title: The new order of life; title: What Paul means by "justified by faith"; title: In Romans v. 12-21; title: The triumph of grace over sin and death; title: contemporary background of this belief; title: 5. Grace and the good life; title: Power and pardon; title: Grace as effectiveness for service; title: "Not I but the grace of God"; title: Grace as a motive for; title: Generosity and; title: Disinterestedness; title: Grace as a moral obligation; title: Is grace ever in vain?; title: The real "fellowship of reconciliation"; title: The resources of grace; title: Who are the "weak"?; title: "I am not worthy"; title: Grace as a moral incentive; title: The conditions of the great hope; title: Grace and the judgment; title: Eschatological outlook of grace; title: God's mercy and human merit; title: 6. The temptation of self-righteousness; title: Against or within the order of grace; title: Scribism and merit; title: "What of boasting?"; title: The scope of self-conceit; title: Pride, right, and wrong; title: 7. Grace and the freedom of God in providence; title: The problem of Israel as discussed in Romans ix-xi; title: How it was raised; title: Paul and Dante; title: How it was faced; title: Is God a Setebos?; title: The two presuppositions; title: The argument and its intuitions; title: The remnant in history; title: Bearings of the discussion on grace and election; title: Religious interests involved; title: The closing rhapsody; title: E. The later letters; title: 1. The theosophy at Colossae; title: The "true" grace of God; title: 2. A logos-christology; title: The pre-existence of Christ and Christians; title: The new knowledge or revelation of grace in the universe; title: An apostolic privilege; title: 3. Religious motives in this advance; title: Moral ardour or duty as a destiny; title: Spiritual humility; title: 4. Special features of the ethic of grace; title: Grace and gratitude; title: Thanksgiving and worship; title: Grace at meals; title: Thanksgiving for grace; title: At the eucharist and elsewhere; title: Grace and conversation; title: "The salt of grace"; title: Grace and human intercourse; title: VI. After Paul; title: Primitive Christianity in the wake of Paul; title: A. The epistolary formula; title: Modifications in the opening formula; title: The addition of "mercy"; title: "Grace" retained in the closing formula; title: B. The pastoral epistles; title: Fresh menace to the gospel as a gospel of grace; title: Asceticism and antinomianism; title: New expressions for grace; title: The ethical nexus reiterated, in view of; title: An ascetic dualism; title: Significance of I Tim. Iv. 1-5; title: Grace and the sacrament of baptism; title: The faithful saying of Titus iii. 4-7; title: Inheriting heaven by grace; title: Grace, knowledge, and immortality; title: A parallel from Second Peter; title: C. Grace in the epistle of James; title: "He giveth more grace"; title: The point of the OT quotation; title: Another phase of pride; title: D. First Peter an epistle of grace; title: The grace of life; title: Peter's practical interests; title: Grace attested by the OT prophets; title: Grace and the end; title: Christian merits; title: The service of grace; title: Grace-gifts in the church; title: General characteristics of grace in this homily; title: E. Another view of grace and the end; title: The problem of grace and time raised by election; title: Justin and the apostle Paul; title: God's forbearance and man's repentance in; title: 2 Peter iii. 9; title: The apocalyptic setting of the problem; title: The shortening of the days; title: F. Grace and Gnosticism; title: The three criticisms of grace; title: Super-moral mysticism and the good life; title: The epistle of Judas a tract against this theosophy; title: G. Grace in the apocalypse of John; title: The meaning of the grace-greeting in i. 4 f.; title: No angelic ministers of grace in the NT; title: H. The epistle to the Hebrews; title: Its original treatment of grace; title: 1. "Covenant" as a grace-companion; title: Reasons for this choice; title: 2. Specific allusions to grace; title: The death of Jesus "for everyone"; title: The grace of God in suffering; title: The grace of thankfulness; title: Grace and the kingdom of God; title: The throne of grace; title: Grace and mercy; title: The royalty of grace divine; title: A parallel from Aeschylus; title: The Spirit of grace; title: The antithesis of grace and sacrificial meals; title: "We have an altar"; title: I. The Lucan usage; title: Varied senses of the term, especially as divine; title: Favour and; title: Power; title: For all, gentiles as well as Jews; title: Grace among the Greeks; title: Two fresh features; title: 1. The collection of grace and gospel; title: The Word; title: 2. The aesthetic tinge; title: The "gracious" words of Jesus; title: J. In the Johannine literature; title: "Grace and truth" in the prologue to the fourth gospel; title: On "receiving" grace; title: The antithesis of grace and law; title: The background of the saying; title: K. Summary; title: The vogue of grace after Paul; title: 1. In Catholic circles; title: The odes of Solomon; title: Barnabas, Justin, etc.; title: Grace, power, and the Spirit; title: 2. In Gnostic circles; title: Valentine and the Ophites; title: Degrees of grace; title: The Marcosians; title: Eucharistic grace; title: Three problems of interpretation; title: a. Did moralism overshadow grace after Paul?; title: The conflicting evidence; title: Second Clement; title: b. When was 'charis' recognized as moral beauty?; title: NT suggestions of the aesthetic aspect; title: Two relevant data; title: Primitive symbolism; title: The "fair" beauty of the Lord; title: The personal appearance of Christians; title: c. Does grace personify God or Christ?; title: NT and second century evidence; title: The didache prayer; title: VII. Conclusion; title: That living word of "grace"; title: A touchstone for mysticism; title: A test of moralistic religion; title: What is religious experience?; title: Grace not for one class or temperament; title: When morality is transcended; title: The poor sinner and the sensitive saint; title: Two words of the Lord Jesus in Paul; title: The gift of grace; title: How life is enriched; title: The power of grace; title: The "almighty" God in Christianity; title: The Lord no "roi fainǎnt"; title: Our debt to the apostle Paul; title: Adoring and obeying; title: Grace and the cross; title: The opportunity of grace.