Romans 3
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1 So then, what more is the Jew, or what is the usefulness of circumcision?
2 Much in every way: First of all, certainly, because the eloquence of God was entrusted to them.
3 But what if some of them have not believed? Shall their unbelief nullify the faith of God? Let it not be so!
4 For God is truthful, but every man is deceitful; just as it was written: "Therefore, you are justified in your words, and you will prevail when you give judgment."
5 But if even our injustice points to the justice of God, what shall we say? Could God be unfair for inflicting wrath?
6 (I am speaking in human terms.) Let it not be so! Otherwise, how would God judge this world?
7 For if the truth of God has abounded, through my falseness, unto his glory, why should I still be judged as such a sinner?
8 And should we not do evil, so that good may result? For so we have been slandered, and so some have claimed we said; their condemnation is just.
9 What is next? Should we try to excel ahead of them? By no means! For we have accused all Jews and Greeks to be under sin,
10 just as it was written: "There is no one who is just.
11 There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks God.
12 All have gone astray; together they have become useless. There is no one who does good; there is not even one.
13 Their throat is an open sepulcher. With their tongues, they have been acting deceitfully. The venom of asps is under their lips.
14 Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.
15 Their feet are swift to shed blood.
16 Grief and unhappiness are in their ways.
17 And the way of peace they have not known.
18 There is no fear of God before their eyes."
19 But we know that whatever the law speaks, it speaks to those who are in the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the entire world may be subject to God.
20 For in his presence no flesh shall be justified by the works of the law. For knowledge of sin is through the law.
21 But now, without the law, the justice of God, to which the law and the prophets have testified, has been made manifest.
22 And the justice of God, though the faith of Jesus Christ, is in all those and over all those who believe in him. For there is no distinction.
23 For all have sinned and all are in need of the glory of God.
24 We have been justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
25 whom God has offered as a propitiation, through faith in his blood, to reveal his justice for the remission of the former offenses,
26 and by the forbearance of God, to reveal his justice in this time, so that he himself might be both the Just One and the Justifier of anyone who is of the faith of Jesus Christ.
27 So then, where is your self-exaltation? It is excluded. Through what law? That of works? No, but rather through the law of faith.
28 For we judge a man to be justified by faith, without the works of the law.
29 Is God of the Jews only and not also of the Gentiles? On the contrary, of the Gentiles also.
30 For One is the God who justifies circumcision by faith and uncircumcision through faith.
31 Are we then destroying the law through faith? Let it not be so! Instead, we are making the law stand.
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Romans 3
1¶ What advantage then has the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
2Much in every way: first, certainly, that the oracles of God have been entrusted unto them.
3For what if some of them did not believe? Shall their unbelief have made the truth of God without effect?
4No, in no wise: for God is true, and every man a liar; as it is written, That thou might be justified in thy words and might overcome when thou dost judge.
5And if our iniquity commends the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Shall for this reason God be unjust who sends punishment? (I speak as a man.)
6No, in no wise: for then how shall God judge the world?
7For if the truth of God has more abounded through my lie unto his glory, why even so am I also judged as a sinner?
8And why not say (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), Let us do evil, that good may come? The condemnation of whom is just.
9What then? Are we better than they? No, in no wise; for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles that they are all under sin;
10as it is written, There is no one righteous, no, not one;
11there is no one that understands; there is no one that seeks after God.
12They are all gone out of the way; they are together become unprofitable; there is no one that does good, no, not one.
13Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips,
14whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness;
15their feet are swift to shed blood;
16destruction and misery are in their ways,
17and the way of peace they have not known;
18there is no fear of God before their eyes.
19¶ Now we know that all that the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may submit themselves unto God.
20For by the deeds of the law, no flesh shall be justified in his sight; for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
21But now, without the law, the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets:
22the righteousness, that is, of God by the faith of Jesus, the Christ, for all and upon all those that believe in him, for there is no difference;
23for all have sinned and are made destitute of the glory of God,
24 being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Jesus, the Christ,
25whom God purposed for reconciliation through faith in his blood for the manifestation of his righteousness, for the remission of sins that are past, by the patience of God,
26manifesting in this time his righteousness that he only be the just one and the justifier of him that is of the faith of Jesus.
27Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? No, but by the law of faith.
28Therefore, we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
29 Is he the God of the Jews only? Is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also,
30seeing it is one God who shall justify the circumcision by faith and the uncircumcision by faith.
31Do we then make void the law through faith? No, in no wise; to the contrary, we establish the law.
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