for salvation. After all, the word “justify,” which predominates in Romans (fifteen times) and Galatians (eight times), occurs only two other times in all of Paul’s other letters (1 Cor 6:11; Titus 3:7). Thus one will go to the Epistles again and again for Christian theology; they are loaded with it. But one must always keep in mind that they were not primarily written to expound Christian theology. It is always theology applied to or directed toward a particular need. We will note the implications