in chapter 14. But first he “digresses” to a discussion of a still more excellent way (NRSV), or even the most excellent way (NIV). This pattern of inserting an argument into the middle of a longer argument is also found in chapter 9, in between chapters 8 and 10. In both places Paul uses this structure to locate a presenting issue within a larger perspective. He will return to answer the questions that were raised, but the broader principle elaborated in the insertion reorients the discussion and