#73. Romans 3:10-18 – A Complete Study of Paul’s Use of the Hebrew Scriptures, Part IV
Part II: The Conduct of Humanity For those of you who are not professionally argumentative, there are three pillars to a sound argument: the ethos, pathos, and logos. These deal with the credibility of an argument, the logicality of an argument, and the emotional depth of an argument. All three are necessary to a functional argument. We have seen all three of these pillars playing their roles in Romans thus far. Paul has shown an emotional and logical quality to his argument; these are meditated on in other parts of our Romans study. Today we are focusing on the credibility aspect of the argument – wherein Paul demonstrates that his argument is not new, thus fully portraying a logically consistent, emotionally engaging, and credible background on which the evangel can be portrayed. Paul shows this credibility by citing the Old Testament scriptures. Romans 3:10-18 contains multiple references to scriptures. As with the previous parts of this study, we will briefly dwell on the original...
