Matthew and Paul: A Comparison of Ethical Perspectives

The purpose of this study is to investigate and compare the basic structures of Matthew\u27s and Paul\u27s ethics, rather than to deal in detail with their teaching on specific moral issues. Dr Mohrlang discusses their perspectives under the five headings of \u27law\u27, \u27reward and punishment\u27, \u27relationship to Christ and the role of grace\u27, \u27love\u27, and \u27inner forces\u27, and gives special attention to the question of ethical motivation. There is no absolute contrast, however, since elements both of law and of grace are found in both writers, and for both it is their understanding of Christ that is decisive. The comparison is highly illuminating, and serves to throw into clear relief the more striking characteristics of each writer\u27s ethical system. It should prove of considerable value to students both of New Testament ethics and of Matthean and Pauline theology and to those interested in the larger question of unity and diversity in the New Testament as a whole.https://digitalcommons.whitworth.edu/faculty_books/1002/thumbnail.jp