Christian identity and ethics in Romans

Ethics and Ethos in Romans This is an extremely difficult field of study, albeit a very important one. Paul defines the identity and status of his addressees as a people who exist in faith, who have been declared righteous, made holy, who exist “in Christ/the Lord”, who are elected, called, reconciled with God, beloved, part of God’s family, a community living in and through the Spirit, eschatological in character, but also living “between the times”. From Romans it becomes clear that the ethical implications of this is obedience, right living, sanctification, love (understood in the sense of the “law of Christ”), dying and rising with Christ, putting on Christ, service, following the example of Christ, honouring and thanking God, living a victorious life through the Spirit (in spite of struggling with the flesh), responsibility, hope and humility.