God’s Empowering Presence – the Holy Spirit in the letters of Paul

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A most careful and thorough exegetical and theologicalexamination of every Pauline text related to the Holy Spirit,from one of evangelicalisms foremost interpreters of Paul.Fee compellingly demonstrates that Paul understands the HolySpirit as Gods empowering presence in the life of thechurch. Gordon Fee is Professor of New Testament at RegentCollege,Vancouver.

A fresh and original analysis of all the passages in the Pauline corpus (including Ephesians, Colossians, and the Pastoral Epistles) that concern the Holy Spirit. Through comprehensive lexical, historical, and grammatical study, Fee provides an exegesis of every Spirit text in Paul's writings. He then investigates the Holy Spirit's crucial roles in Pauline theology including eschatological fulfillment, divine Person of the Trinity, and evidence for and guarantee of salvation.

Fee offers a fresh and in-depth exegesis of every Spirit text in the Pauline corpus. Part Two synthesizes the analysis presented in Part One into a coherent invitation to consider the Holy Spirit s crucial role in Pauline theology.
'Seldom does one find such a satisfying treatment of a theological topic so solidly based on serious and thorough exegetical analysis. In his study of the New Testament Fee recognizes and takes seriously the fact that Paul experienced the reality of the Spirit's empowering presence in his life and in the life of the church. Comprehensive in its scope, this scholarly volume speaks to pastors, students, and other church leaders as well as to the academic community. It is a good book that will do good.'
' Bruce M. Metzger, Professor of New Testament, Emeritus, Princeton Theological Seminary
'Fee's book is the most comprehensive treatment available of Paul's understanding of the Holy Spirit, a topic that has rarely received sufficient attention in studie

Gordon D. Fee