Planned — proposed scope, not yet researched or reviewed. The thesis and outline below describe what this study intends to examine. They are not findings and carry no evidence rating yet.

Study 5 · advanced · Eccl · Rom

Ecclesiastes and Romans

Futility, Judgment, and Hope

Proposed: compare Qoheleth’s hevel (“vapor”; LXX mataiotēs) with Paul’s creation “subjected to futility” (mataiotēs, Rom 8:20), and the shared themes of universal sin and coming judgment.

Proposed outline

Hevel / mataiotēs (Eccl 1:2; Rom 8:20)
No one righteous (Eccl 7:20; Rom 3:10-12)
Judgment of every deed (Eccl 12:14; Rom 2:16)
Creation’s groaning and hope (Rom 8:18-25)

Key passages

Categories: Wisdom, Comparative Studies, Theology

Series: Wisdom Series, Suffering and Hope

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