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New Testament Survey Terms 2nd Half Flashcards

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Via Egnatia

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the great Roman road across northern Greece (Macedonia) that Paul traveled on his missionary journeys. It lays just north of the Aegean Sea, so was easily accessed from the water. Thessalonica was on the Via and Phillipi lay about 10 miles inland

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paranesis

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moral and ethical instruction; instructions with vice and virtue lists that instruct you how to live a good life; example- Galatians
5:19-26

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Isis

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one of the 3 to 4 cults living in Thessalonica during the first century

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Thanksgiving Statement

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a section in Hellenistic letters following the Opening Formula. The sender gives thanks to the gods for specified reasons and often anticipates some of the main themes addressed in the Body of the letter.

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Pornoi

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is understood to refer to the sexually immoral and to fornicators; only those who indulged in sex for money, ie, those involved with prostitutes; in 1 Corinthians 5:1 an example of porneia among the Corinthians Paul holds up the man who was living with his stepmother-scarcely sex for profit; those who indulge in fornication; those who use women prostitutes.

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Exordium

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After the Opening Formula, it introduces the Body of the letter, often outlining the issues to be addressed.

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Apologia

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a formal written defense of one’s opinions or conduct (e.g. Galatians 1:11-2:21)

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aggelia

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a message; might have been the Johnannine equivalent to the gospel or euaggelion of the Synoptic Gospels. Brown p. 391

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Emperor Cult

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this movement that portrayed the emperor as Son of God might seem like a purely religious institution, but its primary function was to maintain political authority and expand economic power.

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Reinforcement of Koinonia

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Paul wants the Philippian Christians to be blameless, shining as lights and wishes to hear that they stand firm in one spirit, striving with one mind for the faith of the gospel - a koinonia of the Spirit.

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Harpagmon

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meaning something to be grasped at. Reference: Philippians 2:6-7 and Brown pg. 492. There’s dispute about the focus of the christology in this passage, as Jesus “who being in the from of God, did not think being equal to God a harpagmon, but emptied himself having taken the form of a servant . . .” The equality with God, the form of God, and Jesus’ grasp of said equality and form are all unclear.

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PECCATUM ORIGINALE

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the theology of original sin developed by Augustine in the 4th century. Augustine maintained that by his sin Adam fell from his original supernatural status, and that through human propagation, which involved concupiscence, the lack of grace was passed on to every human
being descended from Adam.

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koinwniva(koinonia, partnership)=societas:

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A legal association to which all members contribute and from which all profit

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proorizein

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-to decide before; Rom.8:29-30 Paul says that those whom God foreknew, he also ‘predestined’ and those whom God predestined, God also called

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“Faith (pistis) of Christ”

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(Gal 2:16)
Paul speaks in a major discussion that justification is not from the works of the Law but from/through the faith of Jesus Christ

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Dosetic

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Jesus only appears to be human, but is both human and divine.

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Interim Ethics

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are ethics based on an ideology that present time is passing quickly because Christ is coming. The imminent return of Christ allowed toleration of unjust social institutions for the expected short while. i.e, slavery; see, p. 510 and Phil. 7:29.

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Glossolalia

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the phenomenon of speaking in an unknown language especially in religious worship

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Sophia

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Greek for wisdom, occurs 28 times in I Corinthians (does not occur in Galatians)

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Nomos

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Greek word for Law, occurs over 30 times in Galatians and only 9 times in I Corinthians. Important concept for Paul as he navigates his relationship to Jewish Christians and his new gentile converts.

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Kerygmatic -

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An event that proclaims the Gospel, much like the implications of the Lord’s Supper in that those who attend the supper at the Lord’s Table are sisters and brothers of Christ and therefore joint-heirs with Christ in the kingdom of Heaven.

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Mystagogue:

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the term used to described a person who baptizes another person. Thought to be the person who “leads you into the mystery.”

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Super-apostles:

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Can be found in 2 Corinthians 11:5; 12:11, as Paul made reference to them as a lot that defied the authority of the apostleship or what was then the theocratic authority. They ridiculed or criticized Paul in respects to his speech, which is why he sarcastically referred to them as ‘super apostles’. Paul, however, had divine backing as an apostle and it was through divine inspiration that Paul indicated to the congregation in Corinth that these super apostles were not of the apostleship.

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Covenant-keeping-righteousness(Covenantal Nomism):

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It comes from a God-given way of living within the covenant, unlike works-righteousness

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Kyberneseis:

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The spiritual gift or charism of administration or leadership. Paul places this in the same category as speaking in tongues.

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Letters of Recommendation:

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verifies the authority of the traveler when they are on the road. In 2nd Corinthians “super-apostles” used it when traveling from the church in Jerusalem to Corinth and it served as a sign of the their high standing.

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Third Heaven

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A division of Heaven in religious cosmology. In some traditions it is considered the abode of God,[1] and in others a lower level of Paradise, commonly one of seven.[2]

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Charism:

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God-given spiritual or ecclesiastical gift for the good of the Church.

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Body Of Christ

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the term Body of Christ has two separate connotations: it may refer to Jesus’s statement about the Eucharist at the Last Supper that “This is my body” in Luke 22:19-20, or the explicit usage of the term by the Apostle Paul in I Corinthians to refer to the Christian
Church.

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Agape–

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This unmotivated, selfless love that bestows goodness on its recipient is the basis for Paul’s hymn to love in 1 Corinthians 13 and is modeled on the self-giving love of Christ.

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proorizein–

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“predestined”, “to decide before”. Those whom God foreknew and those whom God predestined.

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Achaia

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the Roman province of Greece where Corinth was located. At the time of Paul’s writing it included the Peloponnesus and part of the Greek mainland proper. Macedonia was located to the north. Achaia and Macedonia are frequently mentioned together in the New Testament to indicate all
Greece.

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hamartia:

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Greek word for sin and words related to it (sinner, to sin, sinful.) It appears 60 times in Paul’s letter to the Romans. In Romans 5-8 alone, the noun occurs 42 times.

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supercessionism:

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The idea that Gentiles replace the Jews as the people of God

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Claudius

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Roman emperor from 49-54 that issued an edict that expelled the entire Jewish community from Rome

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Pseudepigraphy -

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falsely attributed works. I.e. Letters attributed to Paul, but most likely not authored by him. See also: pseudonymity

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Household Rules:

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Found in both Colossians and Ephesians that command wives to be obedient to husbands and husbands to love wives. Slaves to masters, etc. These rules defined household order within the Christian church.

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Gospel of Mary Magdelene and Acts of Thecla -

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Books where women are the leaders of the church instead of men. In the Gospel of Mary Magdelene, Jesus
makes Mary Magdalene the leader of the flock instead of Peter.

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Eusebeia:

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concept of godliness, reverence, piety. There was a conflict of Roman piety vs. Early Christian Church piety as the Church moved from private spaces to public spaces, and new congregants coming from Roman culture were becoming uncomfortable with the differences between the Roman “top-down” hierarchy and the Church’s hierarchy, which was comfortable with women in leadership.

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teleological suspension of the ethical:

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idea that you have a particular goal that you really want to achieve so you temporarily suspend your ethical commitment

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Temple of Artemis:

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located in Ephesus, this temple exhibited the religious pluralism that pervaded the city during the 1st century CE.

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prohegoumenoi/hegoumenoi-

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Paul urged the Romans(12:10) to be leaders of one another in honor. Heb. 13:7 refers to the leaders of the addressees who in the past set an example by “the outcome of their conduct”(their death?martyrdom?) and faith.

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Pseudonymity:

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Written work under a different name than the author’s.

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Christological Hymn -

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poetic passage in Col 1:15-20. Thought to be an early hymn, possibly inserted into Col. It describes the role in creation and reconciliation and has some similarities to the way Wisdom is described in Proverbs.

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pleroma-

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greek for fullness. Colossians 1:19 - “For in him all the fullness was pleased to dwell.” By divine election God in all fullness dwells in Christ. That is why through him all things can be reconciled to God (1:20a)

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“armor of God”

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The image used in the deutero-Pauline letter to the Ephesians. This image is used to talk about God’s armor of righteousness, salvation and love to be put on in eschatological times. This image is also used in Isaiah 59 and 1 Thess. 5.

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P46

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the earliest and most complete manuscript (that we know of, anyway) of the Pauline letters

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“merry widows”-

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Those younger widows who Paul considered that they should not be enrolled among the special group of widows. He was worried that they may be indulging in pleasure and sensual desires that could overcome their dedication to Christ, visiting about and gossiping, looking for another husband when they ought to be taking care of their children and grandchildren.

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hapax legomenoi

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“things that are said only once” … which makes up 1/5 of the ‘Pauline’ pastoral letters

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Christology in Hebrews:

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A high priest who can sympathize with our weakness, one who has subjected all enemies. A sacrifice, but also a model to
imitate.

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Perpetua

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well known individual for Christian persecution and martyr in the 3rd century, reference to a decree of Roman emperor.

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Orthodoxy and Heresy:

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The literal meaning of Orthodoxy is straight teaching, and of Heresy is choice. Heresy is used to refer to those Christians who move away from the straight teaching. We still use this language to refer to those things are common for the majority and those who or what are
different from the majority.

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Expiation–

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The concept of one dying for the sake of another. The idea of Christ dying for the sake of others is not foreign to the canonical Gospels. This issue is brought up in Jude and 2 Peter

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Bithynia-

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name that referred to a Roman province that consisted of modern day Asia Minor. (western Turkey)

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Origen -

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early second century teacher and scripture scholar. He wrote commentaries on many books of the OT and NT and was one of the first to use allegorical interpretation of NT scripture. He was influential with respect to assigning authorship of early church documents, information which was
important for the formation of the NT canon. With respect to authorship of Hebrews he is quoted as saying only God knows who wrote it.

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anthropoi-

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the appearance of “certain ungodly people” who turn the grace of God into licentiousness and deny the Lord Jesus Christ; some would see the
intruders as teachers because of the reference to “shepherding themselves”

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Barnabas–

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A Christian document contemporaneous with the Letter to the Hebrews which contains some similar anti-Jewish sentiments. The successors of both Barnabas and the Letter to the Hebrews used these writings to convert or oppress Jews.

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didache -

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Greek word for “teaching” - gives explicit instructions for how to deal with prophets, i.e. traveling missionaries (if he stays more than 3 days, he’s not a prophet; if he asks for money, he’s not a prophet)

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spiritual maturity

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according to the author of Hebrews maturity is marked by a closeness to God and not as being a perfect human being; because of meditation to Christ we have been drawn near to God and are no longer children but adults. (example of relevant verses- 7:18-19)

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Melchizedek -

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A shadowy figure first mentioned in Genesis 14, as a king and priest to whom Abraham, the father of the Jews, paid tithes from his spoils of battle. Later Christians, such as the author of Hebrews 7, understood him to be a prefiguration of Christ, who was greater than all things
Jewish.

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Platonism-

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The philosophy that Plato formulated in dialogues in which Socrates was the chief speaker. The most important doctrine was that in the world, people see only the insubstantial shadows cast by another world of realities where perfect truth and beauty exist. To fulfill their destiny, people must escape the material world and go to their true home in that other world.

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renewal of faith-

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throughout Hebrews, there is a fear that the people will fall away from the faith, so there is urging to not fall away, to renew
their faith

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Antinomianism:

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The idea that the law is not in any way binding upon Christians

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platonic dualism- t

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he idea that there is an “upper world” that is the world of ideas that is perfect, but the lower world, the real world is shadows of the upper world. the “sermon” of Hebrews has this characteristic.

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Paraklesis-

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word used by author of Hebrews that means exhortation or appeal;

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oikodomeisthe:

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this greek word appears only once, in 1 Peter 2:5. It translates as “to build” but in this usage could mean “build yourselves,” “you are being built,” or “let yourself be built up.” Refers to the readers’ role as a “living stone” in God’s spiritual temple.

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epiphaino -

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the “appearance” of God or proclamation - used in the Pastoral Epistles nearly twice as often as the rest of the NT - the word epiphany comes from this

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Huiothesia -

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Grk. sonship; unique to Paul, adoption as sons

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