In 15 New Testament Words of Life, biblical scholar Nijay Gupta explores some of the most important New Testament words:
- Righteousness
- Gospel
- Forgiveness
- Life
- Cross
- Faith
- Grace
- Fellowship
- Hope
- Salvation
- Peace
- Religion
- Holiness
- Love
- Witness
These are familiar terms in the Christian vocabulary, but many don’t know the original background and theological importance of these words, and how they can be life-giving for Christian faith and life today. To access the deep meaning of these words in the theological vocabulary of the New Testament writers, Gupta discusses each word within a key text and interprets it in three contexts:
- Canonical—how the New Testament is grounded in the Old
- Literary—the meaning developed within the key text
- Historical—the Jewish and Greco-Roman world of the first century
