things helps Paul to show a direct connection to Adam’s ‘heritage’ and also that our life does not have anything ‘special’ being a ‘failure’ with eschatological consequences as his was. The difference between the meaning of ὁ παλαιὸς ἅνθρωπος and σῶμα τῆς ἁμαρτίας is that the first interprets our life from the perspective of Adam and the ‘environment’ created by his sin and the second has its focus on the effects of that sin on us as embodied persons in that environment.