You are worshipping something you do not know; we are worshipping what we do know — for salvation comes from the Jews.
Why, as I passed along and scanned your objects of worship, I actually came upon an altar with the inscription TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Well, I proclaim to you what you worship in your ignorance.
and that repentance and the remission of sins must be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
Such ages of ignorance God overlooked, but he now charges men that they are all everywhere to repent,
for it is evident that our Lord sprang from Judah, and Moses never mentioned priesthood in connexion with that tribe.
It was for you first that God raised up his Servant, and sent him to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways."
do not pride yourself at the expense of these branches. Remember, in your pride, the stem supports you, not you the stem.