as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

 (a) It comes from an Old Testament background. It is Moses' charge against Israel that Jeshurun "forsook God who made him, and scoffed at the Rock of his Salvation" ( Deuteronomy 32:15). The Psalmist sings of how the good man will receive righteousness from the God of his salvation ( Psalms 24:5). It is Mary's song, "My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour" ( Luke 1:46-47). When Paul called God Saviour, he was going back to an idea which had always been dear to Israel. 