 I thought Paul was setting faith and obedience in opposition to one another. Do we have to choose one or the other? Do we have to be justified by faith alone? Or are we going to be justified by working, earning, being obedient to God? In which case, God is not glorified. We have something in which to boast. And then I began to notice, and this is important for those of you that are New Testament students. I began to notice that in the letters where Paul makes these strong statements about works and works of the law,