Paul certainly believes that the moral incongruity at the start of the believer’s life will be reduced over time, as they are drawn toward holiness (6:19). When they come before the judgment seat of God to give an account of themselves (14:10–12), he expects that they will evidence a life lived in light, not darkness (13:12; cf. 2:6–16). But this does not reduce the essential incongruity of grace, since the life from which this holiness and light arise is an ex-centric creation, sourced in the resurrection life of Christ.
