" But “redemption” in the Bible and in Paul is not about the forgiveness of sins. Rather, it is a metaphor of liberation from bondage—from life in Egypt, from a life of slavery. “The redemption that is in Christ Jesus” would be better translated “the liberation that is in Christ Jesus.” We are liberated through him. "

― Marcus J. Borg , The First Paul: Reclaiming the Radical Visionary Behind the Church's Conservative Icon