<p>3:16&nbsp;<i>Destruction</i>- Gk. &lsquo;a dashing to pieces&rsquo;, perhaps an allusion to how the stone of Messiah&rsquo;s second coming would dash the kingdoms of men to pieces at His return (Dan. 2:45; Rev. 2:27). But sinners are going now in way of such destruction. Damnation begins now- in the way of life people chose to live.&nbsp;</p><p><i>And misery are in their ways</i>- The wretchedness of the condemned. But remember Paul is applying this to us all, as apart from Christ we are all sinners, even now living out our future condemnation. Yet Paul uses the very word about himself in Rom. 7:24: &ldquo;O wretched s.w. miserable man that I am&hellip;&rdquo;, going on to exalt that Christ has saved him from that position, that misery, the misery of the condemned sinner. What is true of all humanity is true of Paul too- he repeatedly emphasizes his own personal share in the condemned human situation.</p>