Romans 2:22: Views on Robbing Temples
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Metaphorical Views
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Literal Views
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Sacrilegious
actions (cf. Acts 19:37)
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Idolatrous
devotion to the law
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Jerusalem Temple
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Pagan Temples
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Failure to pay
the temple tax
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Robbing
of pagan temples
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Using
or profiting from items stolen from temples
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Observations:
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The
literal views seem preferable since stealing and adultery appear to be
literal
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It
seems best to see pagan temples in view since the word used is most often
used in this context
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The
sin of robbing temples is tied in some way to idolatry.
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Mar 14, 2014
Romans 2:22: Robbing Temples
I developed the following table for a course that I am teaching on Romans. It was developed from discussions found in Colin G. Kruse, Paul’s Letter to the Romans, PNTC, ed. D. A. Carson (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012), 149-51; Douglas Moo, Romans, NICNT (Grand Rapids:Eerdmans, 1996), 163-65; Thomas R. Schreiner, Romans, BECNT 6 (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998), 132-33.
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