I have a question about Word biblical commentary,volume 38a:Romans 1-8

''For all that Paul emphasizes Christ’s Lordship (vv 4, 7), he never forgets that God is over all, so that thanksgiving is rendered not to Christ but through Christ, just as the call to be Christ’s comes from God, not from Christ (see on 1:6)'';

Dunn, J. D. G. (2002). Vol. 38A: Word Biblical Commentary : Romans 1-8. Word Biblical Commentary (28). Dallas: Word, Incorporated.

Do'nt you think ,that the Godhead of Our Lord Jesus Christ is deing diminished?

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Alan Charles Gielczyk

I would expect nothing less from Dunn, he diminishes several essential doctrines.

Friedrich

Do'nt you think ,that the Godhead of Our Lord Jesus Christ is deing diminished?

Tes, just looking at the context of Prof. Dunn's quote, no, he is not diminishing Jesus' divinity. Consider this verse:

28 When rall
things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be
subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that sGod may be all in all.

The Son (the Lord Jesus Christ) plays the role of servant in the Godhead, the role of Son. He is not diminished. That is just how it plays out. It looks to me like Dunn is carefully defining "roles" of the Godhead, according to the text itself.

William

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/98502#Comment_98502

I will second Dan's post. Not only in this passage but in Phil 2:6-8 we also see a distinct separation from God the Father and God the Son. Christ himself chose to come down as a man and live the life that we could not.