Section 8
be good, you are still a sinner, for you were born a sinner. You were constituted a sinner before you were even born. When we came into the world, we came as sinners. Do not think that you be came a sinner after you were born. No, you were constituted a sinner in Adam long before you were born. This is Paul's concept. Thus, in our behavior we are sinful, and in our being we are constituted sinners.
Furthermore, we also are short of God's glory (3:23). The thought of coming short of God's glory may sound strange to many. No human concept takes account of this. People can under stand us when we tell them that their deeds are sinful, and they can be convinced that they have been constituted sinners. But if we tell them that, as constituted sinners who do evil things, they are short of God's glory, they will say, "What do you mean? What is God's glory?" God's glory is God Himself expressed. Whenever God is ex pressed, glory is seen. We were made by God in His image that we might express His glory. But we have sinned. Now instead of expressing God, we express sin and our sinful self. Hence, we are short of God's glory. We are sinful in what we do, we are constituted sinners in what