sinning so that grace may increase? Here Paul returns to the dialogue style he used in chapters 3 and 4. The introduction (What shall we say, then?) is found also in 3:5; 4:1; 7:7; 8:31; and 9:14, 30 to forestall a potential false conclusion from what he has been saying. In 3:20 Paul emphasized the incredible abundance of grace available to the sinner through Christ. Yet some who have not availed themselves of this grace could misunderstand and think that the more sin they commit, the more grace
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