These conclusions came from their reading of Bultmann’s work, and their own independent studies of the Pauline letters. Unfortunately, the corporate meaning of ‘body of Sin’ has become entangled in a debate over the claim that ‘body’ was used holistically, while the two issues are quite separate. But even if the corporate meaning of ‘body of Sin’ is accepted as valid, it is still questionable whether the concept can be transferred from one section of the Pauline corpus to another, for, some argue,