What is context? The Oxford dictionary says: The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed. Also: The parts of something written or spoken that immediately precede and follow a word or passage and clarify its meaning.
Many read Paul’s words without regarding the circumstances (remove them from their context). If you look at all his writings this way, he comes across as schizophrenic. If you just take bits and pieces, he may seem scattered, disjointed and even misogynistic. In case of the last, he is hung out to dry as a religious nut promoting some not so nice things about women. I would like to look at these bits and pieces and hopefully bring some understanding out of the context from which they were written.
What is context? The Oxford dictionary says: The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed. Also: The parts of something written or spoken that immediately precede and follow a word or passage and clarify its meaning.
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