to be like the other nations. There was always this fatal lack of knowledge. The New Testament is full of the same teaching. We must therefore consider this verse very carefully because here the Apostle introduces us to this knowledge, this doctrine which leads into an understanding of what we are. We can look at it in terms of the following principles, and in the order in which they are presented by the Apostle. The first proposition is that the realization of the truth concerning our redemption