Or is God the God of the Jews only? Is he not the God of the Gentiles too? Yes, of the Gentiles too!

And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, so that he would become the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised, that they too could have righteousness credited to them.

Consequently, just as condemnation for all people came through one transgression, so too through the one righteous act came righteousness leading to life for all people.

Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too may live a new life.

So you too consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

So I ask, God has not rejected his people, has he? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

If the first portion of the dough offered is holy, then the whole batch is holy, and if the root is holy, so too are the branches.

so they too have now been disobedient in order that, by the mercy shown to you, they too may now receive mercy.