are so expressive, differences in interpretation arise when one commentator stresses a particular nuance which another commentator neglects. Occasionally the figures of speech overlap, posing the question as to whether or not the overlapping may be deliberate. Readers may complain, with justice, that Paul’s prose is not always transparently clear, but they can hardly accuse him of dull pedantry. In chapter three he made use of two striking images in describing the law and its place prior to the coming