Weakness Language in Galatians
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The Apostle Paul can rightly be regarded as "the Theologian of Weakness." Yet Paul's theology of weakness developed in a dynamic fashion in response to the situations facing him, and his particular formulations are consistently adapted and designed to meet particular issues at hand. Nowhere is this more clearly seen than in those letters in which the apostle finds himself forced to answer the criticisms of his opponents regarding his own weakness (Galatians and 1 and 2 Corinthians). After an examination of Gal 4:9 and 13, the author concludes that weakness language is Paul's way of making clear to his readers in Galatia that the source of power for salvation and progress in holiness is found, not in one's religious activities (4:9) nor in one's own personal strengths (4:13), but in God himself.
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