he is a sympathetic reader; though the mode of his discourse is chiefly descriptive, there is little doubt that he finds Paul’s theological position existentially compelling, not merely an interesting artifact of antiquity. One of the most striking features of Furnish’s approach is that he avoids a narrow focus on the specific content of Paul’s ethical admonitions. Instead, his dominant interest is in the conceptual pattern or structure of Paul’s moral logic. This distinctive feature of the book