I must admit Wright is very confusing to read. Even when he using the term "covenant" he means something different than "our" meaning of the term, etc. TWO (and there are more) things immediately jump out above in Wright's exegesis, "if I have read him right:" (1) He refers to the "I" in Romans 7 as Israel, not Paul? (2) His statement concerning the pagans, "that they could figure out what was the right thing to do but for some reason or other they couldn’t manage to do it," insinuates that pagans (a) were seeking God prior to conversion (b) desired to serve God prior to conversion ...

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Reformed and Always Reforming,