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While Dr. McWilliams' exposition of Galatians keeps in mind the various mischaracterizations of Paul's epistle that have become dominant, his purpose is not primarily polemical. The author sees Paul's paramount concern to be acceptance with God through the work of Christ. McWilliams affirms: "everywhere in every way Paul's concern is with the gospel; he is concerned with the personal salvation of...

not what Paul means; instead he is referring to “two realities on which individuals can base their existence, two directions toward which they can move” or, perhaps better, two mutually exclusive spheres of existence or environments that constitute exclusive ages or world orders. And, as R. Jewett says, cited by Bruce, “the flesh is Paul’s term for everything aside from God in which one places his final trust.” The believer is not composed of two natures but of one nature, once fallen and now renewed,
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