The six possible perfections of "Grace"/Gift

We have identified six possible perfections:
(i) superabundance: the supreme scale, lavishness, or permanence of the gift;

(ii) singularity: the attitude of the giver as marked solely and purely by benevolence;

(iii) priority: the timing of the gift before the recipient’s initiative;

(iv) incongruity: the distribution of the gift without regard to the worth of the recipient;

(v) efficacy: the impact of the gift on the nature or agency of the recipient;

(vi) non-circularity: the escape of the gift from an ongoing cycle of reciprocity.—J. M. G. Barclay, Paul and the Gift, 186

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You need to remember these six points! They are vital to the rest of the book. I find myself continually referring back to them as I read. Not all six are perfected by every writer—in fact they rarely if ever are. A writer will choose to perfect one or two. And this is where the problem arises. Everyone assumes that their version is the correct one and therefore reads their version back into the sources. Think Augustine/Calvin, who perfect efficacy and then read that back into the New Testament (hint, it isn't there!).
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