John Dominic Crossan in In Search of Paul writes “You may disagree with him(Paul) on pagans and Jews,…on whether Christ is or is not the answer. But, of course and in any case, Christ is only the answer because he incarnates the nonviolent justice of God in his own life and death. So think not just of Christ, but of life within the transcendental imperative of global distributive justice, Read, then, Paul’s explanation of that great collection for James’s utopian community at Jerusalem in 2 Corinthians 8:13-14: I do not mean that there should be relief for others and pressure on you, but it is a question of a fair balance between your present abundance and their need, so that their abundance may be for your need, in order that there may be a fair balance. We cite that text as applying not just to the original situation of the great collection, but to the present situation of our modern world. “It is a question of a fair balance.””
John Dominic Crossan in In Search of Paul writes “You may disagree with him(Paul) on pagans and Jews,…on whether Christ is or is not the answer. But, of course and in any case, Christ is only the answer because he incarnates the nonviolent justice of God in his own life and death. So think not just of Christ, but of life within the transcendental imperative of global distributive justice, Read, then, Paul’s explanation of that great collection for James’s utopian community at Jerusalem in 2 Corinthians 8:13-14:
ReplyDeleteI do not mean that there should be relief for others and pressure on you, but it is a question of a fair balance between your present abundance and their need, so that their abundance may be for your need, in order that there may be a fair balance.
We cite that text as applying not just to the original situation of the great collection, but to the present situation of our modern world. “It is a question of a fair balance.””