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?
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.