In that passage, as in the fifth division of Galatians, the subject before the Spirit’s mind is the rule of the believer’s life—not at all the question of his justification, which has been triumphantly demonstrated to be by faith (Rom. 3:19 to 5:12). The question is, what shall be the manner of life of the justified one? The Apostle puts it in the strongest possible way: “Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?” (Rom. 6:1). And that, friends, is the real question. The curse of sin is gone