own terms, and as a way of taking forward the thrust of the whole book of which they form a central part. So what is Paul’s answer to the extraordinary suggestion in the first verse? What would he say to someone who declared that since God accepts us as we are, it is better not to change the way we are, since God has affirmed it as good? His answer is that in becoming a Christian you move from one type of humanity to the other, and you should never think of yourself in the original mode again. More