12:1–15:13 Review · The reality of justification in the Christian community: In the fourth main section of his letter, Paul returns to the reality of the life of the followers of Jesus. He expounds further on the believers’ obedience, based on the power of love, in various areas of everyday life. The life of the believer is a life of self-sacrifice for God (12:1–2), made possible as a result of the ministry of the gifts of grace (12:3–8) and as a result of the reality of love (12:9–21). Christians continue to have obligations to civic authorities (13:1–7). They fulfill the law through love (13:8–10). They are motivated to be obedient to the Lord Jesus Christ by the imminent arrival of God’s new world (13:11–14). Paul exhorts the believers in Rome not to quarrel about matters related to fo…