believers in a given locale, has evolved in English to refer to an exclusive group of believers who are considered to be particularly noteworthy for both their sanctity and their service in behalf of Christ. But the biblical usage must win out. Only as all of those who belong to Christ live in ways in keeping with their Lord himself will the world listen to our gospel. The same sense of continuity between the Old and New Testaments, between the earlier and present people of God, is found in Paul’s