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Paul’s letter to the Romans has been called “the quintessence and perfection of saving doctrine.” Perhaps the most challenging and thoroughly doctrinal book of the entire New Testament, Romans deals with many issues that are basic to Christian theology and practice. In this volume respected New Testament scholar Douglas J. Moo provides a superb study of Paul’s letter to the Roman Christians and...

that has been consciously experienced. For these reasons, it is better to think of the “death to sin” as occurring in conjunction with the believer’s (conversion-)baptism.29 But it is necessary to explore further the logical force of Paul’s “how … yet.” Turned into a statement, which is the logical equivalent of the rhetorical question, it may be taken in two different ways: (1) “We Christians should realize that we must not live in sin” (a “moral” appeal); or (2) “We Christians are no longer able
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