then, is manifested the entire ‘power of God’ (1 Corinthians 1:18, 24). This power is so great that, paradoxically, it can, in the very act of falling whereby Israel stumbles over the stumbling-stone (Romans 9:30ff), catch and save her (Romans 11:26). Christian existence is a ‘reflection’ of the form of Christ: as one has died for all so, at the deepest level, all have died (2 Corinthians 5:14). Faith must ratify this truth (Romans 6:23); life must manifest it (2 Corinthians 4:10). And if this death