[Running On Empty]

You beat me to it! :-)
I was just going to send a post re: the 2nd chapter of Romans.

Thanks. :-)

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Both are quite true. Paul is not divided. Paul in Romans applies to the letter. Saint Paul to the letter absolutely applies and supplies his example for evangelization, the harvesting— bringing in the lost toward their salvation and toward the exact understanding of Romans that you cite.

I think we talk past one another here. The point I am trying for is that evangelizing persons is a process, unending and daily actually.

For example, I can not expect that the atheist will have our stricter understanding of the Romans citation instantly, but he may be attracted by the patience, charity and hope he sees in the kind efforts of the evangelizer. Where that may lead, for the atheist, is known only by God.

[RitaOK]

Mark, I meant to ping you also.