1, 2 The reader is hardly prepared by the contents of chapter 7 for the glorious pronouncement that there is no condemnation at all for those who are in Christ Jesus, and he finds it hard to associate the “therefore” with anything in the immediately preceding context. The connection must be sought in the entire sweep of the thought as developed from chapter 3 on. The natural antithesis to condemnation is justification. It can be replied, of course, that Paul has already covered this truth and would