by admin | May 17, 2013 | Saving Demons, Section Two
If senseless1 Gentiles, chosen for salvation to make Israel jealous, reject the righteousness that comes by way of Christ’s faithfulness – a righteousness from God that is in fact based on Christ’s faithfulness to pursue their own righteousness derived2 from a select...
by admin | Oct 16, 2012 | Chapter 6, Romans, Section Two
Therefore, Paul continued, do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey1 (ὑπακούειν, a form of ὑπακούω) its desires (ἐπιθυμίαις, a form of ἐπιθυμία).2 This is clearly Step #2 how to experience the credited righteousness of God apart from the law,3...
by admin | Oct 15, 2012 | Chapter 6, Romans, Section Two
What shall we say then? Paul continued. Are we to remain (ἐπιμένωμεν, a form of ἐπιμένω) in sin so that grace (χάρις) may increase (πλεονάσῃ, a form of πλεονάζω)?1 This is a reasonable question considering what Paul wrote earlier: Now the law (νόμος) came in so that...