justification solely in terms of Jewish-Gentile relations in the church, and to enlarge the doctrine of justification into a doctrine of universal salvation. Naturally, my discussion will center on the letters of Paul, where an imputation of Christ’s righteousness has been thought present. The imputation—that is, charging—of our sins to Christ is not in dispute. About that imputation Paul writes explicitly, “In Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself by not counting their trespasses against