two things, I say, are of great importance. We must have a firm grasp in our minds of the general argument, but we must also follow the apostle as he works it out in all its details. Here we are driven therefore to remember what he has been telling us in the first chapter. We cannot possibly understand the argument of this second chapter if we are not clear about the argument of the first. Let me then remind you of that very briefly. The great point which the apostle makes in this Epistle, its central