lower vs. our spiritual / higher nature (Witherington 1998a, 377). It is the tension between the human and divine emphasized throughout Galatians. Paul’s concern for the potential misuse of freedom in Gal 5:13 seems to have been similar to that expressed in Rom 6:1, 14, and 15. There his concern was the prospect of a licentious misunderstanding of life under grace. Divine grace does not encourage sin, as if it were merely a divine indulgence. Grace is the indwelling Spirit of God, empowering weak