This is a crucial and dense passage that proclaims the righteousness—salvation—of God unveiled through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the core message of all Paul’s teachings. He begins his Gospel of salvation by affirming that “now” (21), this saving purpose of God is revealed and fulfilled “through faith in Jesus Christ” (22). It is now available to everyone without distinction, based solely on belief. The wrath of God—his absence—is being transformed into the presence of saving love for those who accept Jesus by faith. No one can claim merit or demand rights because it is a gift from God, completely free. The Apostle clarifies that the “Jewish law” has been replaced by the “law of faith,” through which we see the true nature of God—an infinite love Father who loves all equally, Jews and non-Jews alike. The divisions and barriers that separate and discriminate against people have been torn down. Faith opens us to the Gospel of universal salvation revealed in Jesus, the Messiah.