Romans 3
1 What, then, [is] the superiority of the Jew? Or what the profit of the circumcision?
Τί οὖν τὸ περισσὸν τοῦ Ἰουδαίου, ἢ τίς ἡ ὠφέλεια τῆς περιτομῆς;
2 Much in every way; for first, indeed, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God;
πολὺ κατὰ πάντα τρόπον. πρῶτον μὲν ⸀γὰρὅτι ἐπιστεύθησαν τὰ λόγια τοῦ θεοῦ.
3 for what, if certain were faithless? Will their faithlessness make the faithfulness of God useless?
τί γάρ; εἰ ἠπίστησάν τινες, μὴ ἡ ἀπιστία αὐτῶν τὴν πίστιν τοῦ θεοῦ καταργήσει;
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.”
μὴ γένοιτο· γινέσθω δὲ ὁ θεὸς ἀληθής, πᾶς δὲ ἄνθρωπος ψεύστης, ⸀καθὼςγέγραπται· Ὅπως ἂν δικαιωθῇς ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου καὶ ⸀νικήσειςἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαί σε.
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.)
εἰ δὲ ἡ ἀδικία ἡμῶν θεοῦ δικαιοσύνην συνίστησιν, τί ἐροῦμεν; μὴ ἄδικος ὁ θεὸς ὁ ἐπιφέρων τὴν ὀργήν; κατὰ ἄνθρωπον λέγω.
6 Let it not be! Since how will God judge the world?
μὴ γένοιτο· ἐπεὶ πῶς κρινεῖ ὁ θεὸς τὸν κόσμον;
7 For if the truth of God in my falsehood abounded more to His glory, why am I also yet judged as a sinner?
εἰ ⸀δὲἡ ἀλήθεια τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ ψεύσματι ἐπερίσσευσεν εἰς τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, τί ἔτι κἀγὼ ὡς ἁμαρτωλὸς κρίνομαι,
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.
καὶ μὴ καθὼς βλασφημούμεθα καὶ καθώς φασίν τινες ἡμᾶς λέγειν ὅτι Ποιήσωμεν τὰ κακὰ ἵνα ἔλθῃ τὰ ἀγαθά; ὧν τὸ κρίμα ἔνδικόν ἐστιν.
9 What, then? Are we better? Not at all! For we charged before both Jews and Greeks with being all under sin,
Τί οὖν; προεχόμεθα; οὐ πάντως, προῃτιασάμεθα γὰρ Ἰουδαίους τε καὶ Ἕλληνας πάντας ὑφʼ ἁμαρτίαν εἶναι,
10 according as it has been written: “There is none righteous, not even one;
καθὼς γέγραπται ὅτι Οὐκ ἔστιν δίκαιος οὐδὲ εἷς,
11 there is none who is understanding, there is none who is seeking after God.
οὐκ ἔστιν ⸀ὁσυνίων, οὐκ ἔστιν ⸁ὁἐκζητῶν τὸν θεόν·
12 All went out of the way, together they became unprofitable, there is none doing good, there is not even one.
πάντες ἐξέκλιναν, ἅμα ἠχρεώθησαν· οὐκ ⸀ἔστινποιῶν χρηστότητα, οὐκ ἔστιν ἕως ἑνός.
13 Their throat [is] an opened grave; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of cobras [is] under their lips—
τάφος ἀνεῳγμένος ὁ λάρυγξ αὐτῶν, ταῖς γλώσσαις αὐτῶν ἐδολιοῦσαν, ἰὸς ἀσπίδων ὑπὸ τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν,
14 whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.
ὧν τὸ στόμα ἀρᾶς καὶ πικρίας γέμει·
15 Their feet [are] swift to shed blood.
ὀξεῖς οἱ πόδες αὐτῶν ἐκχέαι αἷμα,
16 Ruin and misery [are] in their ways.
σύντριμμα καὶ ταλαιπωρία ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτῶν,
17 And a way of peace they did not know.
καὶ ὁδὸν εἰρήνης οὐκ ἔγνωσαν.
18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
οὐκ ἔστιν φόβος θεοῦ ἀπέναντι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτῶν.
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;
Οἴδαμεν δὲ ὅτι ὅσα ὁ νόμος λέγει τοῖς ἐν τῷ νόμῳ λαλεῖ, ἵνα πᾶν στόμα φραγῇ καὶ ὑπόδικος γένηται πᾶς ὁ κόσμος τῷ θεῷ·
20 for this reason by works of law will no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin.
διότι ἐξ ἔργων νόμου οὐ δικαιωθήσεται πᾶσα σὰρξ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, διὰ γὰρ νόμου ἐπίγνωσις ἁμαρτίας.
21 And now apart from law the righteousness of God has been revealed, testified to by the Law and the Prophets,
Νυνὶ δὲ χωρὶς νόμου δικαιοσύνη θεοῦ πεφανέρωται, μαρτυρουμένη ὑπὸ τοῦ νόμου καὶ τῶν προφητῶν,
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,
δικαιοσύνη δὲ θεοῦ διὰ πίστεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, εἰς ⸀πάνταςτοὺς πιστεύοντας, οὐ γάρ ἐστιν διαστολή.
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God—
πάντες γὰρ ἥμαρτον καὶ ὑστεροῦνται τῆς δόξης τοῦ θεοῦ,
24 being declared righteous freely by His grace through the redemption that [is] in Christ Jesus,
δικαιούμενοι δωρεὰν τῇ αὐτοῦ χάριτι διὰ τῆς ἀπολυτρώσεως τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ·
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—
ὃν προέθετο ὁ θεὸς ἱλαστήριον ⸀διὰπίστεως ἐν τῷ αὐτοῦ αἵματι εἰς ἔνδειξιν τῆς δικαιοσύνης αὐτοῦ διὰ τὴν πάρεσιν τῶν προγεγονότων ἁμαρτημάτων
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.
ἐν τῇ ἀνοχῇ τοῦ θεοῦ, πρὸς ⸀τὴνἔνδειξιν τῆς δικαιοσύνης αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ νῦν καιρῷ, εἰς τὸ εἶναι αὐτὸν δίκαιον καὶ δικαιοῦντα τὸν ἐκ πίστεως Ἰησοῦ.
27 Where then [is] the boasting? It was excluded; by what law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith:
Ποῦ οὖν ἡ καύχησις; ἐξεκλείσθη. διὰ ποίου νόμου; τῶν ἔργων; οὐχί, ἀλλὰ διὰ νόμου πίστεως.
28 therefore we reckon a man to be declared righteous by faith, apart from works of law.
λογιζόμεθα ⸀γὰρ⸂δικαιοῦσθαι πίστει ἄνθρωπον χωρὶς ἔργων νόμου.
29 [Is He] only the God of Jews, and not also of nations?
ἢ Ἰουδαίων ὁ θεὸς μόνον; ⸀οὐχὶκαὶ ἐθνῶν; ναὶ καὶ ἐθνῶν,
30 Yes, also of nations; since [there is] one God who will declare righteous circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
⸀εἴπερεἷς ὁ θεός, ὃς δικαιώσει περιτομὴν ἐκ πίστεως καὶ ἀκροβυστίαν διὰ τῆς πίστεως.
31 Do we then make law useless through faith? Let it not be! Indeed, we establish law.
νόμον οὖν καταργοῦμεν διὰ τῆς πίστεως; μὴ γένοιτο, ἀλλὰ νόμον ⸀ἱστάνομεν
