Genesis2Paul

The Source of Paul’s Relational Theology

Paul’s theology does not begin in abstraction.
It begins in creation.

Genesis2Paul is a research and teaching project tracing how Paul’s theology of order, personhood, glory, and relation is grounded in Genesis 1–2, and how that creational grammar unfolds across the New Testament.

This site brings together long-form exegesis, theological synthesis, and pastoral clarity — without flattening Scripture into slogans or modern debates.

What is Genesis2Paul?

Genesis2Paul is a sustained argument that Paul’s most contested teachings — on Christ, the church, men and women, authority, obedience, glory, and love — are not ad hoc or culturally improvised.

They arise from a creational ontology already present in Genesis:

one-out-of-the-other relations
ordered difference without inequality
direction without domination
distinction without division

Paul does not invent these patterns.
He assumes them — and applies them Christologically.

Why Genesis → Paul matters

Much contemporary theology begins with Paul and works backwards — or bypasses Genesis altogether.

Genesis2Paul works forwards.

When Genesis is allowed to set the metaphysical and relational grammar, Paul’s letters display a striking coherence across texts often treated as disconnected or controversial:

Ephesians 5
1 Corinthians 11–15
Colossians 1
Romans 8–11
1 Timothy 2

What emerges is not hierarchy versus equality, but a directionally ordered relational ontology — fulfilled, not erased, in Christ.

Where should I start?

If you’re new here, begin with:

Start Here – a guided path through the project
Key Articles – foundational essays on Genesis, Paul, and relational order
Video Library – short teaching sessions introducing the core ideas

You do not need to read everything at once.
This project is built to be entered at multiple levels.

Who is this for?

Genesis2Paul is written for:

theologians and students
pastors and teachers
thoughtful Christians navigating contested questions
readers dissatisfied with both reductionist complementarianism and flattening egalitarianism

It assumes Scripture is coherent, meaningful, and authoritative — and that theology must be accountable to the text’s own grammar.

About the author

Neil Kearns is a pastor-theologian engaged in long-form biblical and theological research on creation, personhood, and Pauline theology.

This site gathers work developed over many years across preaching, teaching, academic writing, and ongoing theological dialogue.