In this article, I argue that the notion of “participation” often used to describe Paul’s soteriology in Romans entails a form of deification. In chapter 8 Paul develops this notion through the use of an interchange dynamic whereby believers are given a share in righteousness, sonship, glory, immortality, power over evil and love. Justification and participation both have their natural goal in being united with God in love (Rom 8:37-39). In a concluding hymn Paul uses a non-propositional description of a love which comes to humans from the outside of creation. This concluding metaphor ties together the other ones in a non-representational image of God as a person. God stretches into creation and makes humans capax dei, able to receive. This image of deification enables Paul to construct a story of interpersonal interactions of love, and results in an irreducible and apophatic anthropology.

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罗马书8章-换向导致神化

在本文中，我认为“参与”的概念通常用于描述罗马人保罗的社会学，这需要一种神化形式。在第8章中，保罗通过使用交换动力发展了这个概念，在此交换中，信徒享有公义，儿子身份，荣耀，永生，对邪恶和爱的力量。称义和参与都是天生的目标，就是在爱中与上帝联合（罗8：37-39）。保罗在最后的赞美诗中使用了一种非命题性的对爱的描述，这种爱是从创造的外部来的。这个结论隐喻将其他人联系在一起，形成了上帝作为一个人的非代表形象。上帝伸向创造物，使人类能够接受。这种神化的形象使保罗能够构建关于爱的人际互动的故事，