1. Have the Jews then any advantage over the Gentiles? Or is there any value in being circumcised?
2. Much, indeed, in every way! In the first place, God trusted his message to the Jews.
3. But what if some of them were not faithful? Does this mean that God will not be faithful?
4. Certainly not! God must be true, even though every human being is a liar. As the scripture says,“You must be shown to be right when you speak;you must win your case when you are being tried.”
5. But what if our doing wrong serves to show up more clearly God's doing right? Can we say that God does wrong when he punishes us? (This would be the natural question to ask.)
6. By no means! If God is not just, how can he judge the world?
25-26. God offered him, so that by his blood he should become the means by which people's sins are forgiven through their faith in him. God did this in order to demonstrate that he is righteous. In the past he was patient and overlooked people's sins; but in the present time he deals with their sins, in order to demonstrate his righteousness. In this way God shows that he himself is righteous and that he puts right everyone who believes in Jesus.