against this. Both textual tradition and the close relation between vv. 2 and 3 are against reversing vv. 1 and 2 (Müller, “Marginalien,” 251; Michel). Again therefore we are forced to consider the possibility of a gloss (Bultmann, “Glossen,” 199f.; Fuchs, Freiheit, 83) which a later period expanded. In sharp contrast to 7:7–24 but in elucidation of 7:25a, vv. 2–4 characterize the new life of the Christian as grounded in the act of salvation and standing in the sphere of the Spirit, in which the