In fact, N. T. Wright says, Paul is speaking here of the apostles, and pointing out that in their role as apostles, their activity is effectively God's righteousness (covenant faithfulness) in action ("we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God" - vv 20-21).
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Paul was positing that the people of such faith are vindicated when Messiah returns, being declared "righteous" (or in other words, vindicated for their stance), which is exactly the meaning of the Biblical term "justified", in N. T. Wright's view.
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N. T. Wright, who is one of the best-known advocates of the New Perspective on Paul, explains that although the "righteousness of God" and "righteousness from God" have been confused and conflated in the past, they are distinct concepts.
I. Packer, N. T. Wright, Anglican Evangelical Identity: Yesterday and Today (Latimer Trust, 2008)
In contrast, the Jesus Seminar's Marcus Borg, with whom Wright shares mutual admiration and respect, has co-authored with Wright the book The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions.
Interviewed by Time in 2008 senior Anglican bishop and theologian N. T. Wright spoke of “the idea of bodily resurrection that people deny when they talk about their ‘souls going to Heaven,'" adding: “I've often heard people say, ‘I'm going to heaven soon, and I won't need this stupid body there, thank goodness.’ That's a very damaging distortion, all the more so for being unintentional.”
N. T. Wright (born 1948), British Anglican theologian and former Bishop of Durham
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Rita P. Wright (ed.) - Gender and Archaeology (University of Pennsylvania Press).
J.G. Wright, Superintendent of Eastern Arctic Patrol and National Film Board photographer, served on the 1945–1946 expedition sponsored by the Canadian National Institute for the Blind.
Afterwards, he was replaced by Ambrose R. Wright because of his advancing age and the desire for a younger officer to lead the brigade in the field.
The brigade repulsed the assault of Brig. Gen. Ambrose R. Wright's brigade of Georgians as it topped the ridge late in the afternoon, chasing the Confederates back as far as the Emmitsburg Road, where they captured about 300 men and reclaimed a Union battery.
In 1898, he helped engineer the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898 and was "elected" mayor of Wilmington by the new city council after the coup d'état forced the resignation of Republican Mayor Silas P. Wright and other members of the city government.
In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Arthur Wright, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 70+ works in 200+ publications in 6 languages and 8,800+ library holdings.
Carl P. Wright (1893–1961), Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party
From 1872 to 1873 he served in the Massachusetts Senate, where he secured the passage of a bill to provide for the establishment of trains for workers to Boston from the suburban districts.
Wright began publishing Help Desk on 1996-03-31 as a regular feature of OS/2 eZine.
In 1988 Wright returned to the U.K. as academic dean at All Nations Christian College, an international training centre for crosscultural mission.
Economic historian Robert E. Wright argues that construction delays are caused by bid gaming, change order artistry, asymmetric information, and post contractual market power.
Craig R. Wright, American baseball writer and proponent of sabermetrics
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Craig M. Wright, Henry L. and Lucy G. Moses Professor of Music at Yale University
Douglas S. Wright, former attorney, mayor of Topeka, Kansas and candidate for the United States Congress
He served as Vice-President and then President of the National Park Bank from 1895-1900, succeeding Ebenezer K. Wright and followed by Richard Delafield.
Jorden was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Myron B. Wright and served from February 23 until March 4, 1895 (10 days).
Fort H. G. Wright, a former U.S. military installation on Fishers Island, New York
In February 1851, at the urging of agricultural promoter Governor Wright, the Indiana General Assembly passed an act intended "to encourage agriculture" growth in the state, which also included the formation of a State Board of Agriculture.
When asked about this, he repeated geographer John K. Wright's opinion that the Atlantic was already "too crowded".
Keith L. T. Wright (born 1955), American politician, member of the New York State Assembly
At that time he was instrumental in establishing the Southeastern Georgia School of Biblical Studies in Waycross, Georgia.
In 1954, King moved to Washington, D. C., where he worked as an aide to Texas Congressman J. T. Rutherford and subsequently to James C. Wright, Jr.
Louis C. Wright, American academic administrator, president of Baldwin-Wallace College from 1934 to 1948
Nigel S. Wright, the former Chief of Staff in the Canadian Prime Minister's Office
In 1961 he joined Bagley Wright, contractor Howard S. Wright, architect John Graham, and financier Ned Skinner as investors in the Pentagram Corporation which was to build and own the Space Needle for the 1962 World's Fair.
Financial historians Richard Sylla and Robert E. Wright have shown that before the Civil War most early U.S. corporations sold shares in themselves directly to the public without the aid of intermediaries like investment banks.
Paul K. Wright (born 1947), English/American mechanical engineer
When Charles Duncan, Jr. became Secretary he was named Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, a position he held until the end the Carter presidency.
During the 1890s, Wright traveled to various locations, including Tuskegee Institute, Hampton Institute, Girard College of Philadelphia, and the Hirsch School in New York, to document current trends in higher education.
They served most recently as Canada's high commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2006 to 2011 and as Canada's permanent representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization from 1997 to 2003, respectively.
Brigadier General Thomas Francis Meagher, commanding the Irish Brigade, called for volunteers to tear down the fence.
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After the war, Wright became a storekeeper in Plympton, Massachusetts and also worked in the United States Customs office in Boston, Massachusetts.
Wright was nominated for a Tony Award in 1984 for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance in The Tap Dance Kid, and again in 1998 for Best Featured Actor in a Musical as the original lead actor for Mufasa in The Lion King, the Broadway version of Disney's animated classic of the same name.
The bill was unanimously approved by the Virginia House and Senate.
She has represented the 18th district (New Hanover and Pender counties) since her appointment in April 2008 to replace Thomas E. Wright, who had been expelled.
Allen v. Wright, a 1984 U. S. Supreme Court case challenging public subsidy for private schools that are effectively segregated.
He went on to study writing in the graduate program at the University of Arkansas, at a time when it included several notable writers who've since become prominent, including poet C.D. Wright and fiction writers Ellen Gilchrist, Lewis Nordan, Lee K. Abbott and Jack Butler.
Stuart A. Wright is a Professor of Sociology and Director of Research in the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at Lamar University.
Sleepeasy (Victor Gollancz 1993, Leisure, 2001) (connected, but not a direct sequel)
Before the biblical text, the Green Bible provides an introduction from Archbishop Desmond Tutu and essays from Brian McLaren, Cal DeWitt, Barbara Brown Taylor, Pope John Paul II, Ellen Davis, N. T. Wright, Ellen Bernstein, Matthew Sleeth, James Jones, and Gordon Aeschliman.
A television version was made in 1938, with music by Frederic Austin, starring Frederick Ranalow as Merrythought, Hugh E. Wright as The Citizen, Margaret Yarde as Wife, Manning Whiley as Tim and Alex McCrindle as George Greengoose.
The journal has consistently attracted attention with articles by leading biblical scholars and theologians including Richard Bauckham, Larry Hurtado, I. Howard Marshall, N.T. Wright, Craig Blomberg, R.T. France, Simon Gathercole, D.A. Carson, and Alister McGrath.
While commanding the 2nd California Infantry Regiment in 1865, he oversaw the construction of Camp Grant, Arizona Territory at the confluence of Aravaipa Creek and the San Pedro River, which was briefly known as Camp Wright.
Thomas D. "Tommy" Wright (born 1956), former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
His father, Charles Noble Wright, worked as a riveter for the Pullman Train Company.
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Wright's great grandmother, Elizabeth Downey, was a slave until the age of 12 in Virginia, when she was emancipated under the Emancipation Proclamation in approximately 1863.
Wright was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative William C. Adamson.
One of the final acts of outgoing President Chester A. Arthur, Wright's controversial commission received nationwide publicity and was opposed by U.S. Secretary of War Robert T. Lincoln on the grounds that someone who had not passed the program of instruction at West Point should not receive the same reward as those who had.