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The epistles of Paul to the Romans and the Galatians are two of the “Great Letters” written during Paul’s third missionary journey—the other “great letters” are 1 and 2 Corinthians. Galatians was written in response to the debate among Christians of Jewish background over whether salvation was contingent on the observance of the Mosaic Law. Extending and deepening what he wrote in Galatians, Paul...

who makes us ever more like Christ (vv. 14, 26–27). So, our adoption as sons is already a fact—we already have the first fruits of the Spirit (v. 23)—but only at the end of time, when our body rises in glory, will our redemption reach its climax (vv. 23–25). Meanwhile we are in a waiting situation—not free from suffering (v. 18), groans (v. 23) and weakness (v. 26)—a situation characterized by a certain tension between what we already possess and are, and what we yearn for. This yearning is something
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