Section V Conclusion

¹Cf. Burton's convincing argument (op. cit., pp. 352-53)

²Cf. Rom. 5:2-3,11; I Cor. 1:18-31 for a description of what Paul means by glorying in the Cross.

³Beet, op. cit., 176.

⁴The phrase in Christ Jesus is not in the earliest MSS but the meaning is in full harmony with Paul's teaching.

⁵As in II Cor. 5:17, koine ktisis is best translated “new creation.”

⁶Cf. Rom. 6:4-6,11; Gal. 2:19-20; Col. 3:10.

⁷Cf. the discussion in Burton, op. cit., p. 358.

⁸Soldiers were also branded, identifying the general under whom they served.

⁹The KJV has the term brethren out of proper position. In the Greek it comes last.