Why did Paul preach to Jews first before going to the Gentiles?
Paul preached to Jews first because the gospel is the power of God unto everyone that believeth, to the Jew first, and then to the Greek, as Romans 1:16 states. In his early ministry he began at the synagogue in every city; after the Jews rejected it, he went to the Gentiles.
Les explains that from chapter 13 onward, Peter fades from the scene and everything concerns Paul and his ministry to the Gentiles. Yet Paul would go first to the synagogue of the Jew. In his early ministry he always started at the synagogue in every place, because Romans 1:16 says the gospel is the power of God unto everyone that believeth, to the Jew first, and then to the Greek. When the Jews rejected it, he then went out to the Gentiles. The church at Antioch was a Gentile church under Paul’s leadership and teaching.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
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Why did Paul always start at the synagogue before going to the Gentiles?
Paul started at the synagogue because Romans 1:16 says the gospel is the power of God to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and then to the Greek.