Recent years have seen heightened efforts at reading the New Testament in terms of God's mission. This has pressed against commitments to a dispassionate reading of the New Testament books in favor of a self-involved, missiological reading. This book will harvest recent efforts as well as extend the conversation by an approach that would take seriously the contribution of diverse New Testament voices. This book will to contribute to New Testament studies, but also serve related discussions in missiology and evangelism. Series description: Reframing the New Testament is a series that fulfills the need for brief, substantive, yet highly accessible introductions to central questions and themes raised by study of the New Testament. A significant defining question will serve as the point of departure and will frame the discussion. Students will be drawn into an active, theological engagement with the New Testament and related materials by the subsequent analysis.