Key words: Fate destiny relational freedomġ. He changes fate into destiny for all who believe in Christ. God refuses to surrender his people to their fate, namely death and eternal destruction. Rather, God's πρόθεσις (prothesis) relates to the salvation of all believers. God's foreordained plan is not a predetermined, unalterable fate for each and every person over which they have no control or say whatsoever. Fate, in the sense of that which has been predetermined and written into the lives of individuals before birth, and which comes into existence in many different, fixed forms, or fate as a chain of causes, is never on Paul's mind.
Against the backdrop, Paul's understanding of the nature of God's presence, actions and influence in the lives of believers in Romans 5:1-10 and 8:18-39 is discussed. At the same time Stoic views on fate, as a chain of causes, impacted hugely on the ancients' general view on fate as an inexorable force which cannot be opposed, or whose direction and eventual outcomes cannot be changed. Fate was personified in numerous ancient deities such as the Keres, the Moirae, and Fortuna.
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University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa played an enormous role in the Ancient Mediterranean world. When God alters our fate: Relational freedom in Romans 5:1-11 and 8:18-39
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