Nonetheless, he has always acknowledged the truth of the traditional understanding of justification by faith,4 and has recently combined the insights of both positions in these terms: Paul’s exposition of justification by faith and not works emerged in the context of his Gentile mission and as the defence of what was of fundamental importance to him: that the gospel was for all, for Gentile as well as Jew, and without requiring the Gentle to become a proselyte or to adopt a Jewish way of life. To