Introductory Thanksgivings in the Letters of Paul (Supplements to Novum Testamentum 49)

By Peter Thomas O'brien. Originally Presented As The Author's Thesis, Manchester, 1971. Includes Indexes. Bibliography: P. [273]-286. Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 5 PREFACE......Page 9 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS......Page 11 1. Problem and Procedure......Page 13 2. Previous Research on Pauline Thanksgiving......Page 16 PART ONE - INTRODUOTORY THANKSGIVINGS OF THE FIRST OATEGORY: THANKSGIVING AND PETITIONARY PRAYER CONJOINED......Page 29 I. THANKSGIVING AND JOYFUL INTERCESSION: PHIL. 1:3-11......Page 31 II. THANKSGIVING AND INTERCESSION FOR AN INDIVIDUAL: PHM. 4-6......Page 59 III. THANKSGIVING - INTERCESSION - THANKSGIVING: COL. 1:3-14......Page 74 PART TWO - INTRODUCTORY THANKSGIVINGSOF THE SECOND CATEGORY: THANKSGIVING PRAYERS ALONE......Page 117 IV. THANKSGIVING FOR GOD'S GRACE GIVEN: 1 COR. 1:4-9......Page 119 PART THREE - MIXED CATEGORIES OF INTRODUCTORY THANKSGIVINGS......Page 151 V. THE THREE-FOLD THANKSGIVING OF 1 THESS. 1:2ff......Page 153 VI. THE TWO THANKSGIVINGS OF 2 THESS. 1:3ff. AND 2:13f.......Page 179 VII. THANKSGIVING FOR A CHURCH UNKNOWN TO PAUL: ROM. 1:8ff.......Page 209 PART FOUR - AN INTRODUCTORY BERAKAH......Page 243 VIII. THE INTRODUCTORY BERAKAH OF 2 COR. 1:3ff.......Page 245 IX. CONCLUSIONS......Page 271 BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 285 INDEX OF PASSAGES CITED......Page 299 INDEX OF AUTHORS......Page 317