In the first part of Romans 15, Paul continues to exhort the Roman church to build each other up to bring Glory to God.

Jesus openly rebukes Israel’s religious rulers for their hypocrisy and prioritization of man’s traditions over God’s law. As his ministry temporarily shifts to the Gentiles, we see both a revelation of God’s heart for all nations and the foreshadowing of the church being composed of believing Jews and Gentiles.