ruin—he presents us with a detailed parallel between this salvation and the misery which once came through Adam (vv. 12–19), and was necessarily augmented through the law (vv. 20, 21). Ver. 1.1 Οὖν draws an inference from the whole of the preceding section, 3:21–4:25, and developes the argument in such a form that δικαιωθέντες, following at once on διὰ τήν δικαίωσιν ἡμ., heads the sentence with triumphant emphasis. What a blessed assurance of salvation is enjoyed by believers in virtue of