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The Affections of Christ Jesus: Love at the Heart of Paul’s Theology

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, 2025
ISBN: 9780802877161
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A new perspective on an often-overlooked aspect of Paul’s theology: love

Pauline scholars have long debated the so-called “center” of Paul’s theology, focusing on themes like justification by faith, reconciliation, union with Christ, and the apocalyptic triumph of God in Christ. In this innovative study, Nijay Gupta offers a new perspective that emphasizes Paul’s understanding of love at the heart of the gospel he preached.

Through careful examination of the historical, cultural, and linguistic milieu in which Paul was working, Gupta identifies what is unique and important in Paul’s theology of love. In so doing, Gupta helps readers develop a deeper appreciation for the extent to which love permeates Paul’s understanding of the triune God, the gospel, the community, and the mission and lifestyle of God’s people.

  • Examines the historical, cultural, and linguistic milieu in which Paul was working
  • Identifies what is unique and important in Paul’s theology of love
  • Helps readers develop a deeper appreciation for the extent to which love permeates Paul’s letters
  • Title: The Affections of Christ Jesus: Love at the Heart of Paul’s Theology
  • Author: Nijay K. Gupta
  • Publisher: Eerdmans
  • Print Publication Date: 2025
  • Logos Release Date: 2025
  • Pages: 241
  • Era: era:contemporary
  • Language: English
  • Resources: 1
  • Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
  • Subjects: Paul, the Apostle, Saint; Love › Religious aspects--Christianity
  • ISBNs: 9780802877161, 0802877168
  • Resource ID: LLS:TFCCJLVTHRTPLTLGY
  • Resource Type: Monograph
  • Metadata Last Updated: 2025-03-12T00:39:28Z

Nijay K. Gupta (PhD, University of Durham) is Associate Professor of New Testament at Portland Seminary, George Fox University, Oregon, and author of Worship that Makes Sense to Paul: A New Approach to the Theology and Ethics of Paul’s Cultic Metaphors (BZNW 175; Berlin: de Gruyter, 2010), Colossians (Smyth & Helwys Biblical Commentary; Macon: Helwys, 2013), and 1-2 Thessalonians (New Covenant Commentary Series; Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2016). He is co-editor of The State of New Testament Studies (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2019), and co-editor of a planned second edition of the Dictionary of Paul and His Letters (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press).

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  1. John Koeshall

    John Koeshall

    2/21/2025

    Have you ever heard "Paul" and "love" being put into the same sentence? How about "love" and "theology"? Nijay Gupta's "The Affections of Christ Jesus: Love at the Heart of Paul's Theology" solves that problem. In an approachable and accessible manner, Gupta systematically: - demonstrates how "love" has been neglected by Pauline scholarship. - summarizes Christian and secular, modern and ancient understandings of "love." - explores the language of love in the Old Testament, carefully rooting his later study in YHWH's demonstrable expressions of love for his people. - looks at 1st Century usage of "love" in the Greco-Roman culture. - explores how love language is used in the gospels and the Jesus tradition. - over several chapters lays out Paul's use of "love" in his various letters to the churches. What I loved in particular was: - Gupta's careful yet thorough approach to the topic; - those word studies are an absolute goldmine for absolutely anyone; - Gupta's careful exegesis through the majority of the Pauline epistles, what a gift to any reader, in particular for a pastor/teacher who wants to help others learn and grow. - The summary and synthesis at the end was brilliant, offering word groupings along with their locations in the text, as well as 6 theses about love and what it means for us today. This is an astounding piece of work from a theologian at the height of his craft.
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