36:27).”19 Human responsibility is thus understood as empowered by divine grace. Before moving on, it is worth noting here the work of Colin Miller, who has also demonstrated the non-competitive relationship between divine and human agency in Paul, yet also highlighted the important role that virtue can play in accounting for how divine grace both transforms and empowers those who are members of the body of Christ.20 Ben Blackwell goes even further in explaining the way grace effects a transformation
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