What is the final verdict for Jews and Gentiles according to Scripture?
Scripture's final verdict is that Jews are not better than Gentiles; both Jew and Gentile are all under sin. None is righteous, none seeks after God. Yet God's righteousness by faith of Jesus Christ is unto all and upon all who believe, Jew and Gentile, with no difference.
Les teaches that after the prosecuting attorney has laid out all his reasons and categorized the human race into three areas, the Scripture delivers the final verdict. Romans 3 asks, 'Are we Jews better than they Gentiles?' and answers, 'No, in no wise,' because both Jew and Gentile are all under sin; there is none righteous, none that seeks after God. Les then carries it further to Romans 3:22-23: the righteousness of God by faith of Jesus Christ is unto all and upon all who believe, Jew and Gentile, black and white, rich or poor, with no difference. He says this makes a level playing field: nobody can claim a better or lesser advantage, because Scripture says there is no difference.
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
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Are Jews better than Gentiles according to Paul? Why not?
Jews are not better off than Gentiles because both Jews and Gentiles have been proved to be under sin.