No Unfair Advantage

Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? 2 Much in every way. To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God. 3 What if some were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God? 4 By no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written, “That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged.” 5 But if our unrighteousness serves to show the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unrighteous to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.) 6 By no means! For then how could God judge the world? 7 But if through my lie God's truth abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner? 8 And why not do evil that good may come?—as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just. 9 What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin, 10 as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; 11  no one understands; no one seeks for God. 12  All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.” (Romans 3)

The idea of "excuses" for not responding to God continues to be in the background here.  In a sense, the Jews did have an "advantage" to others in that they had the Old Testament law, the covenant with God, and ongoing revelation. But the key is this: all of us are under sin. All the "advantages" the Jewish people had simply made them more accountable; it did not make it any easier for them to confess they were sinners. They had the same sinful stubborn resistance we all do: refusal to admit our unrighteousness and God's faithful holiness and righteousness. The point is that not of us can excuse our lack of response to unfairness shown to any other person or group. We all are accountable to God, and no one else has any unfair advantage.