Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-294).

pt. 1 The sources of Paul's ethical teaching -- The Old Testament and Judaism -- The Hellenistic world -- The teaching of Jesus -- pt. 2 The Pauline exhortations -- The use of traditional material -- The assimilation of traditional material -- The varied modes of exhortation -- The problem of "kerygma" and "didache" -- pt. 3 The themes of Paul's preaching -- This age and the age to come -- The law, sin, and righteousness -- The event of grace : death and resurrection -- Faith, love, and obedience -- pt. 4 The character of the Pauline ethic -- The theological structure of the ethic -- Problems of ethical action -- Appendix : a survey of nineteenth- and twentieth-century interpretations of Paul's ethic.