John M. G. Barclay The author, who recently completed his PhD on Galatians for Cambridge University, is lecturer in New Testament at the University of Glasgow. Paul’s statements on the law have always been a source of confusion and controversy. Even his own churches were confused by his insistence on freedom from the law (see 1 Cor. 6:12 with Rom. 3:8 and 6:15), and Christians in other parts of the early church were incensed by
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