The gospel of Christ "is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek" (1:16). For the righteousness of God is revealed to man through salvation (1:17). One must realize that the wrath of God is revealed "against all ungodliness" (1:18). Paul, the lawyer, takes us to the courtroom to declare we are inexcusable. If a person is truly "saved," what is he "saved" from? The answer: the wrath of God! Paul declared the gospel "to the Jew first." Therefore, Paul takes the Jew to task. His conclusion: "There is none righteous (Jew or Gentile), no, not one" (3:10). He drives home that point in the second half of chapter two. The specific application is to the Jew, but the practical application is to Jew and Gentile alike.