So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh to live according to the flesh -- for if you are living according to the flesh you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the flesh, you will live. For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, 'Abba! Father!' The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him that we may indeed be glorified with Him." (Romans 8:12-17).
It's ma'am.
Football bat to a baseball game: very appropriate analogy.
The Romans: St. Paul went to Rome to convert the Romans. He couldn't do much with them because the Romans wanted to listen to someone who had KNOWN Jesus and had been WITH him. So, Paul sent for Peter. Think of that LONG voyage.
In the Vatican, downstairs, which was once street level, there is a metal box (in a glass case, of course) and the box is marked: HERE LIES PETER.
There, inside the box, were the bones of St. Peter. So simple, so clear.
Peter and Paul, talk about the "dynamic duo."