Relaţia dintre Israel şi neamuri din perspectivă paulină
Relation between Israel and nations from pauline perspective

Summary/Abstract: To say that justification is the result of acts means to state that God belongs only to Hebrews and nations need to take the practices of the Hebrew people at a personal level. Saint Paul the Apostle shows that the Gospel is for all who believe (Rom. 1,16) and that God’s Justice is for all who believe (Rom. 3,22). The text from Rom. 9-11 answers to the tension created by the statement of Saint Paul regarding the idea that the special status of Israel before God is no longer valid; statement that raises a question mark regarding the faith of God towards His chosen people, towards God’s Justice, which implies that the adoption and glory and the covenants and law and worship and the promises (Rom. 9,4-5) are owned by the Hebrew people. The identity of Israel is determined by the calling of God, Israel being defined by promise (Rom. 9,8) and choice (Rom. 9,11) and not through a physical descending. The ethnic identity, loyalty and dedication to the covenant does not bring anything which constitutes the base for this identity, they are not essential to this identity. The Gospel of Christ brought justice to all those who believe (Rom. 10,4). The search for justice by following the Law did not fail because the Law would have been a wrong purpose; instead, the way it was followed was wrong (Rom. 9,37). The finality of the Law looks at its role to keep the special status of Israel. The faith Saint Paul’s speaks about is the devotion to Jesus as a Lord raised from the dead.

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