two opposing forces. If he yields to the flesh, he is enslaved by it, but if he obeys the prompting of the Spirit, he is liberated and can make a positive and willing response to the command ‘Walk by the Spirit’ and similar moral imperatives, ‘doing the will of God from the heart’ (as it is put in Eph. 6:6)” (Bruce). There is also encouragement in Paul’s statement of the struggle: so that you do not do the things you wish to do. This indicates that on a fundamental level the believer’s will has been