Faith in the Midst of Sin
God poeple must for a time learn to live as faithful people in a sinful world. In Habakkuk’s day, God gave him a vision of the Chaldeans (Babylonians) coming to take Judah to captivity. God’s message to his people is to live faithfully in the midst of a sinful empire.
Then Paul in Romans 1:16-17, quotes to show the same thing. Paul will later show the sinfulness of those whom the Christians dwell with for a time.