Ruben Zimmermann is professor for New Testament studies and ethics at the Protestant Faculty of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.

This translation makes a once-in-a generation benchmark in New Testament ethics available for Anglophones. Zimmermann’s innovative “implicit ethics” transcends established methods and approaches. His analysis by means of a vast array of multi-disciplinary resources, ancient and modern, discloses Pauline approaches that are rarely absolute, but demonstrate coherent systems of hierarchical values (with love at the apex) and relationships (especially with God, Christ, and congregation) that allow for flexible, concrete behaviors principally for the benefit of others.

• 1. Ethics as the Basis for and Evaluation of How One Lives2. On Methodology: How to Read Biblical Texts Ethically3. A Test Study: “Implicit Ethics” in 1 Corinthians4. Pauline Ethics in Current Ethical DebateAppendix I: List of the Imperatives in 1 Corinthians Appendix II: Overview of Select Norms of Conduct in 1 CorinthiansAppendix III: Examples of Metaphorical Ethics in 1 Corinthians

Ruben Zimmermann is professor for New Testament studies and ethics at the Protestant Faculty of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.

This translation makes a once-in-a generation benchmark in New Testament ethics available for Anglophones. Zimmermann’s innovative “implicit ethics” transcends established methods and approaches. His analysis by means of a vast array of multi-disciplinary resources, ancient and modern, discloses Pauline approaches that are rarely absolute, but demonstrate coherent systems of hierarchical values (with love at the apex) and relationships (especially with God, Christ, and congregation) that allow for flexible, concrete behaviors principally for the benefit of others.

• 1. Ethics as the Basis for and Evaluation of How One Lives2. On Methodology: How to Read Biblical Texts Ethically3. A Test Study: “Implicit Ethics” in 1 Corinthians4. Pauline Ethics in Current Ethical DebateAppendix I: List of the Imperatives in 1 Corinthians Appendix II: Overview of Select Norms of Conduct in 1 CorinthiansAppendix III: Examples of Metaphorical Ethics in 1 Corinthians

Ruben Zimmermann is professor for New Testament studies and ethics at the Protestant Faculty of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.

This translation makes a once-in-a generation benchmark in New Testament ethics available for Anglophones. Zimmermann’s innovative “implicit ethics” transcends established methods and approaches. His analysis by means of a vast array of multi-disciplinary resources, ancient and modern, discloses Pauline approaches that are rarely absolute, but demonstrate coherent systems of hierarchical values (with love at the apex) and relationships (especially with God, Christ, and congregation) that allow for flexible, concrete behaviors principally for the benefit of others.

• 1. Ethics as the Basis for and Evaluation of How One Lives2. On Methodology: How to Read Biblical Texts Ethically3. A Test Study: “Implicit Ethics” in 1 Corinthians4. Pauline Ethics in Current Ethical DebateAppendix I: List of the Imperatives in 1 Corinthians Appendix II: Overview of Select Norms of Conduct in 1 CorinthiansAppendix III: Examples of Metaphorical Ethics in 1 Corinthians