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Prior to the middle of the fourth century, the exegesis of St. Paul had been monopolized by Greek and Syriac commentators. Then, in the space of half a century (c. 360–409), there appeared no less than 52 commentaries by six different Latin authors. This sudden flurry of literary activity has been dubbed the western “Renaissance of Paul.” Jerome’s commentaries on four Pauline epistles (Galatians,...

nail it to a cross.44 “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”45 Ecclesiastes supports this notion, “There is not a righteous man on earth who does good and does not sin.”46 Finally, what the Apostle says below shows unambiguously that neither Moses nor any man from ancient times could be justified before God through the Law. Paul continues: . It is clear that no one is justified before God by the Law because, “The righteous man lives by faith.”47 The Law is not based on faith;
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