Romans 3

1 Then what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the profit of circumcision?

Τί οὖν τὸ περισσὸν τοῦ Ἰουδαίου, ἢ τίς ἡ ὠφέλεια τῆς περιτομῆς;

2 Much in every way. Because first of all, they were entrusted with the oracles of God.

πολὺ κατὰ πάντα τρόπον· πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ ὅτι ἐπιστεύθησαν τὰ λόγια τοῦ θεοῦ.

3 For what if some were without faith? Will their lack of faith nullify the faithfulness of God?

τί γὰρ εἰ ἠπίστησάν τινες; μὴ ἡ ἀπιστία αὐτῶν τὴν πίστιν τοῦ θεοῦ καταργήσει;

4 Absolutely not. Let God be found true, but every human being a liar. As it is written, "That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you judge."

μὴ γένοιτο. Γινέσθω δὲ ὁ θεὸς ἀληθής, πᾶς δὲ ἄνθρωπος ψεύστης (καθὼς *NK(o)*) γέγραπται· ὅπως ἂν δικαιωθῇς ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου καὶ (νικήσεις *N(k)O*) ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαί σε.

5 But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? (I am speaking in human terms).

Εἰ δὲ ἡ ἀδικία ἡμῶν θεοῦ δικαιοσύνην συνίστησιν, τί ἐροῦμεν; μὴ ἄδικος ὁ θεὸς ὁ ἐπιφέρων τὴν ὀργήν; κατὰ ἄνθρωπον λέγω·

6 Absolutely not. For then how will God judge the world?

μὴ γένοιτο· ἐπεὶ πῶς κρινεῖ ὁ θεὸς τὸν κόσμον;

7 For if the truth of God through my lie abounded to his glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?

εἰ (δὲ *N(k)O*) ἡ ἀλήθεια τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ ψεύσματι ἐπερίσσευσεν εἰς τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, τί ἔτι κἀγὼ κἀγὼ ὡς ἁμαρτωλὸς κρίνομαι;

8 And Why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), "Let us do evil, that good may come?" Their condemnation is just.

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 than they? No, in no way. For we previously warned both Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin.

Τί οὖν; προεχόμεθα; οὐ πάντως· προῃτιασάμεθα γὰρ Ἰουδαίους τε καὶ Ἕλληνας πάντας ὑφ᾽ ἁμαρτίαν εἶναι

10 As it is written, "There is no one righteous; no, not one."

καθὼς γέγραπται ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν δίκαιος οὐδὲ εἷς·

11 "There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God.

οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ συνίων, οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ ἐκζητῶν τὸν θεόν·

12 They have all turned aside. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one who does good, there is not even one."

πάντες ἐξέκλιναν, ἅμα ἠχρεώθησαν· οὐκ ἔστιν (ὁ *n*) ποιῶν χρηστότητα, οὐκ ἔστιν ἕως ἑνός.

13 "Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit." "Viper's poison 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 Destruction and calamity are in their paths.

σύντριμμα καὶ ταλαιπωρία ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτῶν·

17 The way of peace, they have not known."

καὶ ὁδὸν εἰρήνης οὐκ ἔγνωσαν.

18 "There is no fear of God before their eyes."

οὐκ ἔστιν φόβος θεοῦ ἀπέναντι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτῶν.

19 Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of 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 Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

διότι ἐξ ἔργων νόμου οὐ δικαιωθήσεται πᾶσα σὰρξ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ· διὰ γὰρ νόμου ἐπίγνωσις ἁμαρτίας.

21 But now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified by the Law and the Prophets;

νυνὶ δὲ χωρὶς νόμου δικαιοσύνη θεοῦ πεφανέρωται μαρτυρουμένη ὑπὸ τοῦ νόμου καὶ τῶν προφητῶν,

22 even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. For there is no distinction,

δικαιοσύνη δὲ θεοῦ διὰ πίστεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰς πάντας (καὶ ἐπὶ πάντας *K*) τοὺς 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 justified 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 whom God displayed publicly as a mercy seat, through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness, because in God's forbearance he had passed over the sins previously committed;

ὃν προέθετο ὁ θεὸς ἱλαστήριον διὰ τῆς πίστεως ἐν τῷ αὐτοῦ αἵματι εἰς ἔνδειξιν τῆς δικαιοσύνης αὐτοῦ διὰ τὴν πάρεσιν τῶν προγεγονότων ἁμαρτημάτων

26 to demonstrate his righteousness at this present time, so that he would be just, and the justifier of him who has faith in Jesus.

ἐν τῇ ἀνοχῇ τοῦ θεοῦ· πρὸς (τὴν *no*) ἔνδειξιν 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 is excluded. By what manner of 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 For we maintain that one is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

λογιζόμεθα (γὰρ *N(k)O*) δικαιοῦσθαι πίστει ἄνθρωπον χωρὶς ἔργων νόμου.

29 Or is God for Jews only? Is he not the God of the non-Jews also? Yes, of the non-Jews also,

ἢ Ἰουδαίων ὁ θεὸς μόνον, οὐχὶ (δὲ *k*) καὶ ἐθνῶν; ναὶ καὶ ἐθνῶν,

30 since indeed there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith, and the uncircumcised through faith.

(εἴπερ εἴπερ *N(k)O*) εἷς ὁ θεὸς ὃς δικαιώσει περιτομὴν ἐκ πίστεως καὶ ἀκροβυστίαν διὰ τῆς πίστεως.

31 Do we then nullify the law through faith? Absolutely not. No, we establish the law.

νόμον οὖν καταργοῦμεν διὰ τῆς πίστεως; μὴ γένοιτο, ἀλλὰ νόμον ἱστάνομεν.