Προς Ρωμαιους 3
1 Τί οὖν τὸ περισσὸν τοῦ Ἰουδαίου, ἢ τίς ἡ ὠφέλεια τῆς περιτομῆς;
Then what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the profit of circumcision?
2 πολὺ κατὰ πάντα τρόπον. πρῶτον μὲν ⸀γὰρὅτι ἐπιστεύθησαν τὰ λόγια τοῦ θεοῦ.
Much in every way! Because first of all, they were entrusted with the revelations of God.
3 τί γάρ; εἰ ἠπίστησάν τινες, μὴ ἡ ἀπιστία αὐτῶν τὴν πίστιν τοῦ θεοῦ καταργήσει;
For what if some were without faith? Will their lack of faith nullify the faithfulness of God?
4 μὴ γένοιτο· γινέσθω δὲ ὁ θεὸς ἀληθής, πᾶς δὲ ἄνθρωπος ψεύστης, ⸀καθὼςγέγραπται· Ὅπως ἂν δικαιωθῇς ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου καὶ ⸀νικήσειςἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαί σε.
May it never be! Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar. As it is written, “that you might be justified in your words, and might prevail when you come into judgement.”
5 εἰ δὲ ἡ ἀδικία ἡμῶν θεοῦ δικαιοσύνην συνίστησιν, τί ἐροῦμεν; μὴ ἄδικος ὁ θεὸς ὁ ἐπιφέρων τὴν ὀργήν; κατὰ ἄνθρωπον λέγω.
But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak like men do.
6 μὴ γένοιτο· ἐπεὶ πῶς κρινεῖ ὁ θεὸς τὸν κόσμον;
May it never be! For then how will God judge the world?
7 εἰ ⸀δὲἡ ἀλήθεια τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ ψεύσματι ἐπερίσσευσεν εἰς τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, τί ἔτι κἀγὼ ὡς ἁμαρτωλὸς κρίνομαι,
For if the truth of God through my lie abounded to his glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?
8 καὶ μὴ καθὼς βλασφημούμεθα καὶ καθώς φασίν τινες ἡμᾶς λέγειν ὅτι Ποιήσωμεν τὰ κακὰ ἵνα ἔλθῃ τὰ ἀγαθά; ὧν τὸ κρίμα ἔνδικόν ἐστιν.
Why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), “Let’s do evil, that good may come?” Those who say so are justly condemned.
9 Τί οὖν; προεχόμεθα; οὐ πάντως, προῃτιασάμεθα γὰρ Ἰουδαίους τε καὶ Ἕλληνας πάντας ὑφʼ ἁμαρτίαν εἶναι,
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.
10 καθὼς γέγραπται ὅτι Οὐκ ἔστιν δίκαιος οὐδὲ εἷς,
As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one.
11 οὐκ ἔστιν ⸀ὁσυνίων, οὐκ ἔστιν ⸁ὁἐκζητῶν τὸν θεόν·
There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God.
12 πάντες ἐξέκλιναν, ἅμα ἠχρεώθησαν· οὐκ ⸀ἔστινποιῶν χρηστότητα, οὐκ ἔστιν ἕως ἑνός.
They have all turned away. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one who does good, no, not so much as one.”
13 τάφος ἀνεῳγμένος ὁ λάρυγξ αὐτῶν, ταῖς γλώσσαις αὐτῶν ἐδολιοῦσαν, ἰὸς ἀσπίδων ὑπὸ τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν,
“Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit.” “The poison of vipers is under their lips.”
14 ὧν τὸ στόμα ἀρᾶς καὶ πικρίας γέμει·
“Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”
15 ὀξεῖς οἱ πόδες αὐτῶν ἐκχέαι αἷμα,
“Their feet are swift to shed blood.
16 σύντριμμα καὶ ταλαιπωρία ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτῶν,
Destruction and misery are in their ways.
17 καὶ ὁδὸν εἰρήνης οὐκ ἔγνωσαν.
The way of peace, they haven’t known.”
18 οὐκ ἔστιν φόβος θεοῦ ἀπέναντι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτῶν.
“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
19 Οἴδαμεν δὲ ὅτι ὅσα ὁ νόμος λέγει τοῖς ἐν τῷ νόμῳ λαλεῖ, ἵνα πᾶν στόμα φραγῇ καὶ ὑπόδικος γένηται πᾶς ὁ κόσμος τῷ θεῷ·
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 judgement of God.
20 διότι ἐξ ἔργων νόμου οὐ δικαιωθήσεται πᾶσα σὰρξ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, διὰ γὰρ νόμου ἐπίγνωσις ἁμαρτίας.
Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
21 Νυνὶ δὲ χωρὶς νόμου δικαιοσύνη θεοῦ πεφανέρωται, μαρτυρουμένη ὑπὸ τοῦ νόμου καὶ τῶν προφητῶν,
But now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified by the law and the prophets;
22 δικαιοσύνη δὲ θεοῦ διὰ πίστεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, εἰς ⸀πάνταςτοὺς πιστεύοντας, οὐ γάρ ἐστιν διαστολή.
even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all those who believe. For there is no distinction,
23 πάντες γὰρ ἥμαρτον καὶ ὑστεροῦνται τῆς δόξης τοῦ θεοῦ,
for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
24 δικαιούμενοι δωρεὰν τῇ αὐτοῦ χάριτι διὰ τῆς ἀπολυτρώσεως τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ·
being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
25 ὃν προέθετο ὁ θεὸς ἱλαστήριον ⸀διὰπίστεως ἐν τῷ αὐτοῦ αἵματι εἰς ἔνδειξιν τῆς δικαιοσύνης αὐτοῦ διὰ τὴν πάρεσιν τῶν προγεγονότων ἁμαρτημάτων
whom God sent to be an atoning sacrifice through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God’s forbearance;
26 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.
to demonstrate his righteousness at this present time, that he might himself be just and the justifier of him who has faith in Jesus.
27 Ποῦ οὖν ἡ καύχησις; ἐξεκλείσθη. διὰ ποίου νόμου; τῶν ἔργων; οὐχί, ἀλλὰ διὰ νόμου πίστεως.
Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.
28 λογιζόμεθα ⸀γὰρ⸂δικαιοῦσθαι πίστει ἄνθρωπον χωρὶς ἔργων νόμου.
We maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.
29 ἢ Ἰουδαίων ὁ θεὸς μόνον; ⸀οὐχὶκαὶ ἐθνῶν; ναὶ καὶ ἐθνῶν,
Or is God the God of Jews only? Isn’t he the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,
30 ⸀εἴπερεἷς ὁ θεός, ὃς δικαιώσει περιτομὴν ἐκ πίστεως καὶ ἀκροβυστίαν διὰ τῆς πίστεως.
since indeed there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
31 νόμον οὖν καταργοῦμεν διὰ τῆς πίστεως; μὴ γένοιτο, ἀλλὰ νόμον ⸀ἱστάνομεν
Do we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be! No, we establish the law.
