Romans 3
1 What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?
What is then the preferment of the Iewe? or what is the profite of circumcision?
2 Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.
Much euery maner of way: for chiefly, because vnto them were of credite committed the oracles of God.
3 What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?
For what, though some did not beleeue? shall their vnbeliefe make the faith of God without effect?
4 Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
God forbid: yea, let God be true, and euery man a lyar, as it is written, That thou mightest be iustified in thy words, and ouercome, when thou art iudged.
5 But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.
Now if our vnrighteousnes comend the righteousnes of God, what shall we say? Is God vnrighteous which punisheth? (I speake as a man.)
6 Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?
God forbid: els how shall God iudge ye world?
7 However, if my falsehood accentuates God’s truthfulness, to the increase of His glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?
For if the veritie of God hath more abounded through my lye vnto his glorie, why am I yet condemned as a sinner?
8 Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
And (as we are blamed, and as some affirme, that we say) why doe we not euil, that good may come thereof? whose damnation is iust.
9 What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.
What then? are we more excellent? No, in no wise: for we haue alreadie prooued, that all, both Iewes and Gentiles are vnder sinne,
10 As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.
As it is written, There is none righteous, no not one.
11 There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.
There is none that vnderstandeth: there is none that seeketh God.
12 All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”
They haue all gone out of the way: they haue bene made altogether vnprofitable: there is none that doeth good, no not one.
13 “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
Their throte is an open sepulchre: they haue vsed their tongues to deceit: the poyson of aspes is vnder their lippes.
14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitternesse.
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;
Their feete are swift to shead blood.
16 ruin and misery lie in their wake,
Destruction and calamity are in their waies,
17 and the way of peace they have not known.”
And ye way of peace they haue not knowen.
18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
The feare of God is not before their eies.
19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
Now we know that whatsoeuer ye Lawe saieth, it saieth it to them which are vnder ye Law, that euery mouth may bee stopped, and all the world be subiect to the iudgement of God.
20 Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
Therefore by the woorkes of the Lawe shall no flesh be iustified in his sight: for by the Lawe commeth the knowledge of sinne.
21 But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets.
But nowe is the righteousnesse, of God made manifest without the Lawe, hauing witnes of the Lawe and of the Prophets,
22 And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,
To wit, the righteousnesse of God by the faith of Iesus Christ, vnto all, and vpon all that beleeue.
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
For there is no difference: for all haue sinned, and are depriued of the glorie of God,
24 and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
And are iustified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Iesus,
25 God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
Whom God hath set forth to be a reconciliation through faith in his blood to declare his righteousnes, by the forgiuenesse of the sinnes that are passed,
26 He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.
Through the patience of God, to shewe at this time his righteousnesse, that hee might be iust, and a iustifier of him which is of the faith of Iesus.
27 Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.
Where is then the reioycing? It is excluded. By what Lawe? of woorkes? Nay: but by the Lawe of faith.
28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
Therefore we conclude, that a man is iustified by faith, without the workes of the Lawe.
29 Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
God, is he the God of the Iewes onely, and not of the Gentiles also? Yes, euen of the Gentiles also.
30 since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.
For it is one God, who shall iustifie circumcision of faith, and vncircumcision through faith.
31 Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.
Doe we then make the Lawe of none effect through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the Lawe.
