Romans 3
1 What thanne is more to a Jew, or what profit of circumcisioun?
What is then the preferment of the Iewe? or what is the profite of circumcision?
2 Myche bi al wise; first, for the spekyngis of God `weren bitakun to hem.
Much euery maner of way: for chiefly, because vnto them were of credite committed the oracles of God.
3 And what if summe of hem bileueden not? Whethir the vnbileue of hem hath auoidid the feith of God?
For what, though some did not beleeue? shall their vnbeliefe make the faith of God without effect?
4 God forbede. For God is sothefast, but ech man a liere; as it is writun, That thou be iustified in thi wordis, and ouercome, whanne thou art demed.
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 oure wickidnesse comende the riytwisnesse of God, what shulen we seie? Whether God is wickid, that bryngith in wraththe?
Now if our vnrighteousnes comend the righteousnes of God, what shall we say? Is God vnrighteous which punisheth? (I speake as a man.)
6 Aftir man Y seie. God forbede. Ellis hou schal God deme this world?
God forbid: els how shall God iudge ye world?
7 For if the treuthe of God hath aboundid in my lessyng, in to the glorie of hym, what yit am Y demed as a synner?
For if the veritie of God hath more abounded through my lye vnto his glorie, why am I yet condemned as a sinner?
8 And not as we ben blasfemed, and as summen seien that we seien, Do we yuele thingis, that gode thingis come. Whos dampnacioun is iust.
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 thanne? Passen we hem? Nay; for we han schewid bi skile, that alle bothe Jewis and Grekis ben vndur synne,
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 writun, For ther is no man iust;
As it is written, There is none righteous, no not one.
11 ther is no man vndurstondynge, nethir sekynge God.
There is none that vnderstandeth: there is none that seeketh God.
12 Alle bowiden a wey, togidere thei ben maad vnprofitable; ther is noon that doith good thing, there is noon `til to oon.
They haue all gone out of the way: they haue bene made altogether vnprofitable: there is none that doeth good, no not one.
13 The throte of hem is an opyn sepulcre; with her tungis thei diden gilefuli; the venym of snakis is vndur her lippis.
Their throte is an open sepulchre: they haue vsed their tongues to deceit: the poyson of aspes is vnder their lippes.
14 The mouth of whiche is ful of cursyng and bitternesse;
Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitternesse.
15 the feet of hem ben swifte to schede blood.
Their feete are swift to shead blood.
16 Sorewe and cursidnesse ben in the weies of hem,
Destruction and calamity are in their waies,
17 and thei knewen not the weie of pees;
And ye way of peace they haue not knowen.
18 the drede of God is not bifor her iyen.
The feare of God is not before their eies.
19 And we witen, that what euere thingis the lawe spekith, it spekith to hem that ben in the lawe, that ech mouth be stoppid, and ech world be maad suget 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 For of the werkis of the lawe ech fleisch schal not be iustified bifor hym; for bi the lawe ther is knowyng of synne.
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 with outen the lawe the riytwisnesse of God is schewid, that is witnessid of the lawe and the profetis.
But nowe is the righteousnesse, of God made manifest without the Lawe, hauing witnes of the Lawe and of the Prophets,
22 And the riytwisnesse of God is bi the feith of Jhesu Crist in to alle men and on alle men that bileuen in hym; for ther is no departyng.
To wit, the righteousnesse of God by the faith of Iesus Christ, vnto all, and vpon all that beleeue.
23 For alle men synneden, and han nede to the glorie of God;
For there is no difference: for all haue sinned, and are depriued of the glorie of God,
24 and ben iustified freli bi his grace, bi the ayenbiyng that is in `Crist Jhesu.
And are iustified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Iesus,
25 Whom God ordeynede foryyuer, bi feith in his blood, to the schewyng of his riytwisnesse, for remyssioun of biforgoynge synnes,
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 in the beryng up of God, to the schewyng of his riytwisnesse in this tyme, that he be iust, and iustifyynge hym that is of the feith of Jhesu Crist.
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 thanne is thi gloriyng? It is excludid. Bi what lawe? Of dedis doyng? Nay, but by the lawe of feith.
Where is then the reioycing? It is excluded. By what Lawe? of woorkes? Nay: but by the Lawe of faith.
28 For we demen a man to be iustified bi the feith, with outen werkis of the lawe.
Therefore we conclude, that a man is iustified by faith, without the workes of the Lawe.
29 Whethir of Jewis is God oneli? Whether he is not also of hethene men? Yhis, and of hethene men.
God, is he the God of the Iewes onely, and not of the Gentiles also? Yes, euen of the Gentiles also.
30 For `oon God is, that iustefieth circumcisioun bi feith, and prepucie bi feith.
For it is one God, who shall iustifie circumcision of faith, and vncircumcision through faith.
31 Distruye we therfor the lawe bi the feith? God forbede; but we stablischen the lawe.
Doe we then make the Lawe of none effect through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the Lawe.
