In Romans 6 we note a shift in the argument. The quotation from Habakkuk 2:4 in Romans 1:17, literally translated, “The one who is righteous by faith will live,” provided Paul with a general outline for the epistle. Until now his primary concern has been with the first part of the quotation, “The one who is righteous by faith.” But being right with God is not the end of the matter. Chapter 6 evinces that righteousness is a commencement, not a commemoration; reveille, not taps. In chapters 6–7 Paul takes up the relationship of faith to the new life which it inaugurates, and thus broaches the final topic of the Habakkuk quotation (which he will further explore in chs. 12–15), “will live.” He shifts, theologically speaking, to “sanctification” (NIV holiness), a word appearing in 6:19 that den…