What about you? Some were proud and boasted because they were Jews. Paul has showed that all will be strictly judged according to their actions, whether they have the Law or not. In Romans 2:17-20, Paul shows what the Jew claimed for himself. You call yourself a Jew. They were proud of this name, because it meant to them that they were "God's chosen people," and this made them proud. You depend on the Law. There is an article before law in the corrected Greek text. The Law was their "good luck charm." And boast about God. They thought of God as "their personal property," and believed they were "eternally secure," no matter what they did!

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