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“God is glorified in the work of redemption in this, that there appears in it so absolute and universal a dependence of the redeemed…

— Jonathan Edwards

“For Paul, the centre of the Christian faith was that we can never earn or deserve the favour of God, nor do we need…

— William Barclay

“Paul repeatedly promises Christians that nothing can separate them from the love of that God who is “for” them.”

— George R. Knight

“Paul said that it is only as we are overwhelmed at the glory of Christ's sacrifice for us that we are transformed into glory…

— J.D. Greear

“Despite his success as a missionary and leader, Paul was never without a wholesome, watchful fear that he himself might be disqualified (1 Corinthians…

— J. Oswald Sanders

“The ground of our justification is God’s act of redemption in Jesus Christ. So Paul writes, “Since all have sinned and fall short of…

— J. Rodman Williams

“Paul agonizes far more over the difficult things he has had to suffer at the hands of his own converts in Corinth than over…

— D. A. Carson

“Paul is saying that sin can only be cut off at the root if we expose ourselves constantly to the unimaginable love of Christ…

— Timothy J. Keller

“If we truly believe that God appreciates our service, we can stop boasting and start encouraging. When we boast, we use people for appreciation.…

— Mark Driscoll

“Before Jesus, it was all about earning and meriting and performing, and Paul knew that would eat us all alive—as it has.”

— Richard Rohr

“First, we have to humble ourselves at the foot of the cross, confess that we have sinned and deserve nothing at his hand but…

— John Stott

“Faith, then, for Paul is first of all cruciform participation with Christ that liberates participants from the hostile powers that rule human existence and…

— Michael J. Gorman