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1:15 , it is preposterous . He does , indeed , speak in the present tense , ` I am , ' but it is perfectly evident that he makes use of a rhetorical expression which is permissible , without being called in question as to his life . If he was , in reality , the chief of sinners at that time , he could hardly say , as he did , ` Ye are witnesses , and God also , how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe ' -LRB- 1 Thess . 2:10 -RRB- . And it is entirely inconsistent to believe that the Christ would permit a chief-sinner to be an ambassador for Him . Mr. Newby 's text in Romans 7:14 will come up for discussion next week ; so I will not speak of it now . `` You did not find your text , Mr. Newby .