The critical words in this passage are, "But now." Man merits nothing before God, but the transition aims to communicate God's design in showing His righteousness through the cross-work of Christ so that both Jew and Greek claim God's righteousness, which He gives, and boast in it alone. Paul states the internal connection between salvation and the cross. This is essential to our understanding of the covenant. Paul focuses on the personal nature of the covenant and the necessity of a circumcised and changed heart--altered by the righteousness of God to be received by faith. God is faithful to His promises and while the Gospel has been distorted throughout history, Jesus is the visible righteousness of God that sets it aright.
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