The nexus is marked by the particles—οὖν (21) sums up the privileges and introduces, in the form of questions, the contrast in the actual facts; γὰρ (24) implies the answer yes to the preceding questions and justifies it; γὰρ (25) explains how the event has come about, in spite of the privileges; οὖν (26) draws the conclusion, as to the relative position of Jew and Gentile; γὰρ (28) explains this conclusion as resting on the essential superiority of the moral and spiritual to the external and ritual.

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