Continuing the thought of chapter two, Paul shows that while the Jews do have genuine advantages by nature of their Jewishness, they were not faithful to God. God is, however, faithful nevertheless which means that he can and must judge Jewish sin as He does gentile sin. Paul shows that the Old Testament supports his claims regarding human depravity. From not desiring God to hurtful speech and act against fellow humans, every individual is guilty before God and cannot work his way to God by the law. God provided a new covenant of salvation for all mankind through faith in Jesus and His substitutionary death. This death was necessary for God to be just while also redeeming mankind. Since God is the author and accomplisher, no one can celebrate human achievement, but must rather humbly come to one God through one mediator in one faith. Instead of diminishing it, faith in Christ actually allows the law to be more fulfilled than ever before.
