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for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith.

Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith.

Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also

For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.

Can we boast, then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is not based on obeying the law. It is based on faith.

After all, is God the God of the Jews only? Isn’t he also the God of the Gentiles? Of course he is.

For all have sinned  and fall short of the  glory of God

Where, then, is boasting?  It is excluded. By what kind of law?  , By one of works? No, on the contrary, by a law  of faith.

Or is God the God of Jews only?  Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too

for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God

Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith.

Or is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also

But in our time something new has been added. What Moses and the prophets witnessed to all those years has happened. The God-setting-things-right that we read about has become Jesus-setting-things-right for us. And not only for us, but for everyone who believes in him. For there is no difference between us and them in this. Since we’ve compiled this long and sorry record as sinners (both us and them) and proved that we are utterly incapable of living the glorious lives God wills for us, God did it for us. Out of sheer generosity he put us in right standing with himself. A pure gift. He got us out of the mess we’re in and restored us to where he always wanted us to be. And he did it by means of Jesus Christ.

So where does that leave our proud Jewish insider claims and counterclaims? Canceled? Yes, canceled. What we’ve learned is this: God does not respond to what we do; we respond to what God does. We’ve finally figured it out. Our lives get in step with God and all others by letting him set the pace, not by proudly or anxiously trying to run the parade.

And where does that leave our proud Jewish claim of having a corner on God? Also canceled. God is the God of outsider non-Jews as well as insider Jews. How could it be otherwise since there is only one God? God sets right all who welcome his action and enter into it, both those who follow our religious system and those who have never heard of our religion.

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Where then is boasting? It has been excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.

Or is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also

since all have sinned and continually fall short of the glory of God

Then what becomes of [our] boasting? It is excluded [entirely ruled out, banished]. On what principle? On [the principle of good] works? No, but on the principle of faith.

Or is God the God of Jews only? Is He not also the God of Gentiles [who were not given the Law]? Yes, of Gentiles also

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded! By what principle? Of works? No, but by the principle of faith!

Or is God the God of the Jews only? Is he not the God of the Gentiles too? Yes, of the Gentiles too!