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Complete 5 page APA formatted essay: Describe and compare the Christologies presented in the writings of Paul and the Gospel of John. Discuss with reference to Romans and any two of the undisputed Pau

Complete 5 page APA formatted essay: Describe and compare the Christologies presented in the writings of Paul and the Gospel of John. Discuss with reference to Romans and any two of the undisputed Pauline letters.viz 1 and 2 Thessalonians,1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians or Philippian.

It focuses on the book of John, Romans, Galatians and 1st and 2nd Corinthians. The nature of Jesus Christ is given by John on the basis of what he witnessed and the personal experience he had with him. Unlike John, Paul did not have much time with Jesus, except when he encountered him once after resurrection when he was travelling to Damascus3. This experience is what changed his faith and the understanding of Jesus. Before he was converted, Paul usually thought that Jesus pretended to be the Messiah, until when he was converted that he started referring to him as Jesus Christ. Later on, Paul believed that Jesus resurrected after his death and he is alive4. Unlike Paul, John was an eye witness and was with Jesus in his ministry5. Both Paul and John have information about the Christology, although Paul does not give a clear separation of the Christology from soteriology. There are a lot of similarities and slight differences between the Christology of John and the Pauline Christology.

The Christology of John portrays Jesus as one who does not belong to this world. John shows that Jesus Christ entered into this world so as to leave it eventually. John shows him as a divine being who existed even before he came to earth and that he belongs in heaven6. John presents him as one subjected to the weaknesses of man but to have control of his destiny. In the beginning of the book of John, he talks vividly about the pre-existence of Jesus Christ. As he introduces the book, John talks about the beginning and shows the presence of Jesus in the beginning of time7. Paul, like John brings out the pre-existence of Jesus. He affirms that Jesus pre-existed before his appearance on earth. Like John who says in John 3:16 that Jesus was sent to the world by the Father in heaven, Paul also asserts this in Galatians 4:4 where he says that Jesus as the son of God was sent by God to the world to be born of a woman under the law. These statements

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