Romans 3
1 What, then, [is] the superiority of the Jew? Or what the profit of the circumcision?
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
2 Much in every way; for first, indeed, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God;
Much every way: chiefly, because that to them were committed the oracles of God.
3 for what, if certain were faithless? Will their faithlessness make the faithfulness of God useless?
For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faithfulness of God without effect?
4 Let it not be! And let God become true, and every man false, according as it has been written: “That You may be declared righteous in Your words, and may overcome in Your being judged.”
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 And if our unrighteousness establishes God’s righteousness, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who is inflicting the wrath? (I speak after the manner of 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 Let it not be! Since how will God judge the world?
By no means: for then how shall God judge the world?
7 For if the truth of God in my falsehood abounded more to His glory, why am I also yet judged as a sinner?
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 spoken evil of, and as certain affirm us to say, “We may do the evil things, that the good ones may come?” Whose judgment is righteous.
( And not rather, ( as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say, ) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose condemnation is just.
9 What, then? Are we better? Not at all! For we charged before both Jews and Greeks with being all under sin,
What then? are we better than they? No, in no way: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
10 according as it has been written: “There is none righteous, not even one;
As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
11 there is none who is understanding, there is none who is seeking after God.
There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh God.
12 All went out of the way, together they became unprofitable, there is none doing good, there is not even 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 opened grave; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of cobras [is] under their lips—
Their throat is an open sepulchre; 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 Ruin and misery [are] in their ways.
Destruction and misery are in their ways:
17 And a way of peace they did not know.
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 And we have known that as many things as the Law says, to those in the Law it speaks, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may come under judgment to God;
Now we know that whatever 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 for this reason by works of law will no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a 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 And now apart from law the righteousness of God has been revealed, testified to by the Law and the Prophets,
But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
22 and the righteousness of God [is] through the faith of Jesus Christ to all, and on all those believing—for there is no difference,
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 fall short of the glory of God—
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24 being declared righteous freely by His grace through the redemption that [is] in Christ Jesus,
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Jesus Christ:
25 whom God set forth [as] a propitiatory covering, through faith in His blood, for the showing forth of His righteousness, because of the passing over of the former sins in the forbearance of God—
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 for the showing forth of His righteousness in the present time, for His being righteous, and declaring him righteous who [is] of the faith of Jesus.
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 was 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? Nay: but by the law of faith.
28 therefore we reckon a man to be declared righteous by faith, apart from works of law.
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law.
29 [Is He] only the God of Jews, and not also of nations?
Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
30 Yes, also of nations; since [there is] one God who will declare righteous circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
Seeing it is one God, who shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
31 Do we then make law useless through faith? Let it not be! Indeed, we establish law.
Do we then make void the law through faith? By no means: but, we establish the law.
