Paul’s remarks lambasting his imaginary Jewish opponent for hypocrisy and an acute sense of self-superiority are not abstract. It does not apply exclusively to the Jews or just to moralizing pagan philosophers. Paul’s arguments are applicable to Christians too. In fact, what Paul says in Romans 2 against hypocrisy and a superiority complex provide the premise for cultivating an ethic of mutual acceptance within the Roman congregations in Romans 14–15. According to Robert Jewett, Paul here has the goal of... Read more