helpful.162 In Stoicism, “Once a person had come to the decisive insight and self-understanding that reordered every value in relation to that insight, then one was qualitatively different, even if one still” needed to be exhorted with respect to details.163 Paul’s paraenesis in Romans remains consistent with his prior argument. Paul would not view his approach as merely a mental reform method, analogous to that of philosophers. His understanding of faith in Christ’s work
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