Romans 3
1 What then is the advantage of the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit [is there] of circumcision?
2 Much every way. First, because they were indeed entrusted with the oracles of God.
Much every way: chiefly, because that to them were committed the oracles of God.
3 For what if some did not believe? Will their unbelief make the assurance of God ineffective?
For what if some did not believe? will their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
4 May it not happen! But let it come to pass God is true, but every man a liar, as it is written, That thou may ever be justified in thy words, and may prevail when thou are criticized.
By no means: verily let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mayest be justified in thy sayings, and mayest overcome when thou art judged.
5 But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous inflicting wrath? (I speak according to a man.)
But if our unrighteousness commendeth the righteousness of God, what shall we say? [Is] God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man.)
6 May it not happen! Otherwise how will God judge the world?
By no means: for then how shall God judge the world?
7 For if by my lie, the truth of God abounded to his glory, why am I also still judged as sinful,
For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie to his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
8 and not (as we are slandered, and as some affirm us to say) that we may do evil so that good things may come (whose condemnation is just)?
And not [rather] (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
9 What then? Are we better? Not at all. For we already charged both Jews and Greeks to all be under sin,
What 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;
10 as it is written, There is no righteous man, not even one.
As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
11 There is no man who understands. There is no man who seeks God.
There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh God.
12 All turned away. Together they became useless. There is not a man who does goodness; there is not as much as one.
They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
13 Their throat is an open grave. With their tongues they deceive. The poison of asps is under their lips,
Their throat [is] an open sepulcher; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps [is] under their lips:
14 whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.
Whose mouth [is] full of cursing and bitterness.
15 Their feet are swift to shed blood.
Their feet [are] swift to shed blood.
16 Destruction and misery are in their ways,
Destruction and misery [are] in their ways:
17 and the way of peace they have not known.
And the way of peace have they not known.
18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.
There is no fear of God before their eyes.
19 Now we know that as many things as the law says, it says to those in the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become accountable to God.
Now we know that whatever things the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
20 Because from works of law no flesh will be made right before him, for through law is knowledge of sin.
Therefore by the deeds of the law, there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law [is] the knowledge of sin.
21 But now a righteousness of God has been manifested independent of law, being witnessed by the law and the prophets.
But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being testified by the law and the prophets;
22 And the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ is for all and upon all those who believe, for there is no distinction.
Even the righteousness of God, [which is] by faith of Jesus Christ to all, and upon all them that believe; for there is no difference:
23 For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God,
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24 being made righteous freely by his grace, through the redemption in Christ Jesus,
Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Jesus Christ:
25 whom God set forth an expiatory sacrifice through faith in his blood, for proof of his justice, because of the passing over of the sins that have formerly occurred
Whom God hath set forth [to be] a propitiation, through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
26 (in the forbearance of God), for proof of his justice at the present time, for him to be righteous, and who makes the man from Jesus' faith righteous.
To declare, [I say], at this time his righteousness: that he may be just, and the justifier of him who believeth in Jesus.
27 Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what law, of works? No, but by a law of faith.
Where [is] boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? No; but by the law of faith.
28 We therefore consider a man to be made righteous by faith independent of works of law.
Therefore we conclude, that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
29 Or is God of Jews only and not also of Gentiles? Yes, of Gentiles also,
[Is he] the God of the Jews only? [is he] not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
30 since God is one, who will make the man of circumcision righteous from faith, and the man of uncircumcision through faith.
Seeing [it is] one God who will justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
31 Do we then make law void through faith? May it not happen! Instead, we establish law.
Do we then make void the law through faith? By no means: but we establish the law.
