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The Patron-Client Relationship in the Ancient World (Endnotes)

1. David A. deSilva, Honor, Patronage, Kinship & Purity: Unlocking New Testament Culture (Intervarsity Press, Downers Grove, IL, 2000), pp. 96 and 97. Close

2. James Jeffers, The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era (Intervarsity Press, Downers Grove, IL, 1999), p. 192. Close

3. It is sometimes taught that God’s grace is unconditional. The truth is that it is sometimes unconditional, and sometimes conditional. Scripture makes this clear, as we see in James 4:6b. Cp. John Piper, Future Grace (Multnomah Publishers, Inc., Sisters, OR, 1995). Close

4. Ceslas Spicq, Theological Lexicon of the New Testament (Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody MA, 1994) pp. 56-62. Close