observe the law (as the agitators say), do so—only make sure that the law you observe is not Moses’ law, but the law of Christ.21 It is doubtful that Paul’s unique expression here can be simply identified with the equally unique “Torah of the Messiah” of rabbinic belief;22 even if for argument’s sake we suppose that Paul’s term was indeed taken over from the rabbis, he is more likely to be using it in his own intended sense than otherwise.23 The view that “the law of Christ” refers to the body of