Romans 3

1 What, then, is the preeminence of the Jew? Or what, the profit of his circumcision?

WHAT advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?

2 Much, every way: —First, indeed, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God.

Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

3 For what? If some distrusted, shall their distrust make, the trust of God, void?

For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?

4 Far be it! But let, God, prove to be, true, albeit, every man, be false! Even as it is written—That thou mightest be declared righteous in thy words, and overcome when thou art in judgment.

God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

5 But, if, our unrighteousness, commendeth, God’s righteousness, what shall we say? Surely, not unrighteous, is God who visiteth with his anger? After the manner of men, I am speaking, —

But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)

6 Far be it! Else how shall God judge the world?

God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?

7 But, if, the truth of God, by my falsehood, hath the more abounded unto his glory, why, any longer, am, even I, as a sinner, to be judged?

For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?

8 And why not, according as we are injuriously charged, [and] according as some affirm that we say, Let us do the bad things, that the good ones may come? whose sentence is, just.

And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say, ) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.

9 What then? do we screen ourselves? Not at all! For we have before accused both Jews and Greeks of being, all 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 Even as it is written—there is none righteous, not even one,

As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

11 There is none that discerneth, There is none that seeketh out God:

There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

12 All, have turned aside, together, have become useless, There is none that doeth kindness, not so 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 A sepulchre opened, is their throat, with their tongues, have they used deceit, the poison of asps, 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, of cursing and bitterness, is full,

Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

15 Swift, are their feet 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, have they 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, whatsoever things the law saith, to them who are within the law, it speaketh, in order that, every mouth, may be stopped and all the world come, under penal sentence, unto God.

Now we know that what things soever 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 Inasmuch as, by works of law, shall no flesh be declared righteous before him, —through law, in fact, is discovery 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, apart from law, a righteousness of God hath been manifested, borne witness to by the law and the prophets, —

But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

22 A righteousness of God, through faith in [Jesus] Christ, unto all that have faith; for there is no distinction, —

Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto 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 favour through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: —

Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

25 Whom God hath set forth as a propitiatory covering, through faith in his blood, for a showing forth of his righteousness, by reason of the passing-by of the previously committed sins,

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, —with a view to a showing forth of his righteousness in the present season, that he might be righteous even when declaring righteous him that hath faith in Jesus.

To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

27 Where, then, the boasting! It is excluded. Through what kind of law? Of works? Nay! but through a law of faith:

Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

28 For we reckon that a man is to be declared righteous by faith, apart from works of law.

Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

29 Or, [is God] the God, of Jews only, and not of the nations also? Yea! of the nations also: —

Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:

30 If, at all events, God is one, who will declare righteous—the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through their faith.

Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

31 Do we then make, law, void through means of our faith? Far be it! On the contrary, law, we do establish!

Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.