God” (10:31). About five years after the writing of 2 Corinthians, Paul wrote something similar. He told the Philippians that his goal was “that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death” (1:20). The Christian life is not a matter of rules and regulations. It is rather a joyful response to the gospel that frees and gives life, a response that says, “Lord, I’m available. Use me, in life and in death, in such a way that Jesus is praised.” As Paul writes about pleasing