with Christ” in v. 20, the Greek editions generally place the verse division after this clause so that the clause is included in v. 19. Here the numbering of the English versions is followed.) (d) It seems preferable, therefore, to regard “for” at the beginning of v. 19 as coordinate with the same word in v. 18 (cf. NASB, against RSV “but”) and as introducing a second reason for the denial of the false conclusion rejected in v. 17: Paul now sets alongside “the (hypothetical) negative proof of the