biblical priority of the Jews in God’s plan of salvation, but also warns that they will be the first to be judged because of the privileges given to them by God. So, who can persist in doing good, while seeking the end-time gifts of God (“glory, honor, and immortality”)? The first answer must be the Jews, who were the covenant people. They had the law of God and the hope given to them in the Scriptures. But Paul immediately raises a problem: “The hearers of the law are not righteous before God, but