Verse 26
26. At this time In antithesis with the past time of forbearance.
Just Affording no pretext for doubting his condemnation of sin. There is a chime of words between just and justifier.
Strictly, St. Paul’s picture of the atonement is now complete. Yet, supplementarily, he next calls attention to three points in the picture, namely, its exclusion of boast, (27, 28,) its impartial universality, (29, 30,) and its true grounding in the Old Testament, (31.) All these three he will illustrate more fully in the future. It is upon the Jew specially that he strongly presses these points.
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