Jewish readers agree with Paul’s indictment of humankind in the previous paragraph. However, Jews believed that they had a privileged position before God. In 2:1 Paul shifts his style to employ diatribe, interacting with a dialogue partner. This interlocutor is not imaginary, since Paul had conversations with pious Jews who would have emphasized their exemption from God’s judgment on account of their status as members of God’s covenant people (cf. Wisdom of Solomon 15:2–3: “Even if we sin we are yours, knowing your power, but we will not sin, because we know that you acknowledge us as yours. For to know you is complete righteousness”). Paul does not clarify immediately the Jewish identity of his discussion partner (cf. Nathan’s conversation with David in which the indictment, “You are the…