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I was saying it was Paul's prescription against their Law keeping "to become perfect" after beginning by faith and grace--yes, becoming perfect in grace.

It really is!

Yeah, but this is a general principle that has absolute application--"therefore whether you eat or drink or what ever you do"--so "the one who knows to do good and he doesn't do it for him it is sin", so the person could be thinking, "If i am sinning, and condemned, not justified, if I don't do...

It's one thing to be a son, it's another thing to behave like one--"If I am a Father, where is My honor?"

But you wouldn't think Paul's usage of "await" in "we through the Spirit by faith await the hope of righteousness" has to do with the substance of God's love in the heart which he says is absent when we are facing ourselves (eg, through the Law) instead of facing God (ie, through faith in the...

I also know I have had hope and joy that I would bring glory to God, earlier on in my walk, even before I had time to build proven character, so I may be wrong about my speculation on that.

Yeah, even so, there is a right and a wrong way to serve--"obedience" is assumed of both a slave and a son (Ro 8), but a slave is rejected, only a son is accepted.

I have had trouble balancing Ro 5:1 with Ro 14:5, 23, but it may be that the idea is that the person merely remains in the peace they already had in Ro 5:1, not that they are without peace, and finally obtain rest after doing the things they are convicted are correct.

"this grace in which we stand and rejoice in hope of God's glory" : I believe the "stand" relates to "stumble", so that the "stand" refers to righteousness, as we are "under Grace" as the means of service. This approach Paul has to righteousness is the same as... Galatians 5:5For we through...

Jer 23:6 says Christ's Name is "God Is Our Righteousness", so I believe "God Is Our Righteousness"--any idea of "imputation" would have to square itself with that reality. Those who abide in Him, and He in them, have GOD as their righteousness, not merely "His righteousness" "imputed".

Yup, so Paul's instruction on what he wants Timothy to do can't have anything to do with that (it was already done). 1. 1 Jn 2:28 instructs those born of Him "abide in Him", so abiding doesn't happen as you suggest (by being born of Him). If it happened that way, there would be no instruction...

I didn't realize he was condemning you. I honestly don't understand him. I've seen him, I think, say "faith alone", and, also, "faith plus works". I don't think English is his first language, so, in some of those cases, I don't press issues, because the subject matter is already difficult enough...

I'm not really acquainted with the "imputed" concept; I feel safer affirming Jesus' Name is "God Is Our Righteousness" (Jer 23:6), and this is because we are in Him and He is in us, and God is in Him, thus God is in us, and God is our righteousness as we abide in Him. How would you say this...

@Soyeong This understanding of Romans 7:1-6 mirrors the traditional doctrine of the Pharisees (Paul had been a Pharisee) from ancient times that stands to this day : Niddah 61b Our Rabbis taught: A garment in which kil'ayim4 was lost5 may not be sold to an idolater,6 nor may one make of it...

No, I have been studying Japanese, and have been learning Japanese Kanji, though. Enjoy the website! I am sure you will do very well in your English studies!

As I said before, I am not better than you. I do not speak your language better than you speak mine. LOL Have you tried Duolingo.com ?

When Paul says "under Law" in Romans 2, describing Jews, is that "under Law" meaning "under Sin's Law", or "under Torah"? Obviously, he means "under Torah"--so, also, in Romans 6:14. It is BECAUSE they are not under Law that Sin will not master them, because... Romans 7:5For while we were in...

As I said before, and apologized for it, there is a language barrier--you're not even addressing the substance of the argument.

Those verses qualify the Gentiles as those who "sin without law", and who "do not have the Law", but, later, Romans 7:1, we see that they don't know the Law either, which one naturally concludes, it follows logically based on what Romans 2 teaches about the distinctions between Jews and Gentiles...

I got it done, and it wasn't as bad as I had feared it would be--I already did the one in my bathroom (this is another bathroom), so I already knew my way around, plus I knew I needed my face shield with 3M ventilators, and vacuumed to get the loose dust out of the equation. Kind of uneventful...