The distorted retrievals of Romans again provide the sharpest test case. We have assumed that the point of the argument is how to get to heaven, when for Paul it quite clearly is how God rescues and renews his creation. But the “getting to heaven” narrative, which is still massively popular and influential, is the teaching of middle Platonism, not the Bible. You will find it in Plutarch (e.g., in his treatise On Exile), not in Paul. Nor is this simply a matter of saying, “Oh well, let’s adjust the destination; then everything else will stay the same.” No! If you imagine you are a sinful soul
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