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In The Sabbath in the New Testament, Bacchiocchi summarizes and updates his extensive research by presenting four reasons for believing that the seventh-day Sabbath was kept throughout New Testament times. In the second half of the book, Bacchiocchi answers a variety of questions often asked at his popular Lord’s Day Seminar. Questions deal with historical, theological and practical aspects of...

The correct explanation is to be found in the different contexts in which Paul speaks of the law. When he speaks of the law in the context of salvation (justification—right standing before God), he clearly affirms that law-keeping is of no avail (Rom 3:20). On the other hand, when Paul speaks of the law in the context of Christian conduct (sanctification—right living before God), then he maintains the value and validity of God’s law (Rom 7:12; 13:8–10; 1 Cor 7:19). For example, when Paul speaks of
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