God has found everyone guilty of not obeying him so that he can have mercy on everyone.
But Scripture has locked up everything under the control of sin, so that what was promised could be given through faith in Jesus Christ to those who believe.
What should we say then? Do we Jews have any advantage? Not at all! We have already claimed that both Jews and Gentiles are under the power of sin.
All who believe are made right with God through faith in Jesus Christ. It’s not any different for Jews than for Gentiles.
I’m going to be lifted up from the earth, and when I am, I will draw all people to myself.”
He came to be a witness about that light so that all people might believe.
Because one man did not obey, many people were made sinners. But because another man did obey, many people will be made right with God.
In the same way, Israel hasn’t been obeying God, but now they can receive mercy because of God’s mercy to you.
Before faith in Christ came, the law was guarding us. We were locked up while waiting for faith to appear.