Abstract
James D.G. Dunn advocates a well-accepted interpretation model that reads Rom. 7:14-25 and 8:1-17 together solely in terms of Paul's own Christian experience characterized by the dialectically reframed eschatological tension (i.e., both 'already' and'not yet' 'at the same time'). However, Rom. 7:7-25 is not a self-portrait of Paul himself, neither a psychological description of the mature or non-mature Christian life, but a rhetorical discourse in which Paul explicates, from his Christian viewpoint, the negative function of the Mosaic Law as the most delicate issue representing his gospel. Pauline eschatology in Rom. 6, 8, and 7:1-6 puts a decisive weight on the 'already' accomplished in Jesus Christ and gives a perspective that Christians proleptically experience in the Spirit liberation from the law, the sin, and the flesh, confidently anticipating the final victory.
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