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Jews and believers from the nations in the church<\/h3>\n

Paul writes the Letter to the Romans to a Christian community in Rome. They are his listeners. About them he writes. Both groups are present within the community. Paul puts both groups on an equal footing. There is no privilege for the Jews, no disadvantage for the believers from the nations. What does Paul proclaim? He describes this in a contrast in Romans 10:5-13.<\/p>\n

Here he comes to talk about the perception of Jewish and non-Jewish believers. The Jewish believers knew righteousness from the Torah (the “Law”). However, Paul, as an apostle to the nations, had proclaimed that righteousness comes from faith. These are the contrasts and contrasts to which he devotes himself here:<\/p>\n

“For Moses writes of righteousness from the law<\/strong>,<\/em>that the man who does them all will have in his life.<\/em><\/p>\n

But righteousness by faith<\/strong> says thus: Do not say in your heart: Who will go up to heaven (that is, to bring Christ down)?Or: Who will go down into the abyss (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead)? <\/em><\/p>\n

But what does it say [die Gerechtigkeit aus Glauben]: <\/em><\/p>\n