And what if God, though wishing to display His anger and make known His power, yet, has most patiently borne with the objects of His anger, already ripe for destruction,

For those whom God chose from the first he also destined from the first to be transformed into likeness to his Son, so that his Son might be the eldest among many Brothers.

[But] how can they appeal to Him if they have not [first] believed in Him? And how can they believe in Him if they have not [first] heard [about Him]? And how can they hear [about Him] if there is no preacher?

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

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.

to every human soul who practices doing evil, the Jew first and then the Greek.

But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:

They are great from every point of view. In the first place, the Jews are entrusted with the utterances of God.