by Grace alone
Paul announces and unfolds this glorious good news in Romans 1-5: Good News! It’s about the gospel of justification of the ungodly by grace alone, through faith alone, on the basis of Christ’s work alone, for the glory of God alone. It’s all about the good news that sinners can have hope that God will save us from his own wrath on the basis of what Christ did for us, not on the basis of what we do for him.
And so Paul writes Romans 6 to defend grace.
And he writes Romans 7 to defend Law.
(HT:JP)
