subject is taken captive by the law of sin, here the believer, though threatened by the flesh, may prevail over it by walking according to the Spirit.45 Thus our passage undoubtedly places the emphasis on the positive aspect of victory through obedience to the Spirit, and with this the second interpretation does not tally. (c) A third view refers “you will” not specifically to the carnal will or the moral will, but to “the free-will in its ordinary acceptation.”46 The verse then means that in the