Romans 3

1 What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?

2 Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.

3 What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?

4 Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”

5 But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.

6 Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?

7 For if my falsehood accentuates God’s truthfulness, to the increase of His glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?

8 Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!

9 What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.

10 As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.

11 There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.

12 All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”

13 “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”

14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”

15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;

16 ruin and misery lie in their wake,

17 and the way of peace they have not known.”

18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

20 Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.

21 But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets.

22 And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all and upon all who believe. There is no distinction,

23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

24 and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

25 God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.

26 He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.

27 Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.

28 Therefore we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.

29 Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,

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

31 Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.

1 ¶ What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit [is there] of circumcision?

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

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

4 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 commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? [Is] God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)

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

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

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

12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

13 Their throat [is] an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps [is] under their lips:

14 Whose mouth [is] full of cursing and bitterness:

15 Their feet [are] swift to shed blood:

16 Destruction and misery [are] in their ways:

17 And the way of peace have they not known:

18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.

19 ¶ 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 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 the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

22 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 come short of the glory of God;

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

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

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

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

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

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

1 What advantage have the Jews, or what is the use of circumcision?

2 Though almost much. First, they are trusted in what God has spoken.

3 But if some believe not in these things, what is the matter? Should their unbelief nullify the faith of God?

4 Let this be far off. But let it remain that God is true, and all men false; as it is written: That thou mayest be just in thy words, and overcome when thou art judged.

5 But if our unrighteousness praiseth God's righteousness, what shall we say? Is God also unjust, that He is angry about it? (So I speak in the manner of men.)

6 be far from this! How else could God judge the world?

7 For if the truth of God be made more glorious to his praise by my lying, why should I be judged as a sinner any more?

8 And do not rather as we are blasphemed, and as some say, that we should say: Let us do evil, that good may come of it? Which condemnation is quite right.

9 What do we say? Do we have an advantage? None at all. For we have proved above that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin,

10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one;

11 There is none that hath understanding; there is none that seeketh after God.

12 They are all gone astray, and have all become unfit: there is none that doeth good, not one.

13 Their mouth is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they deal deceitfully; viper's poison is under their lips;

14 Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness;

15 Their feet are hastening to shed blood;

16 In their ways is all mischief and heartache.

17 And the way of peace they know not;

18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.

19 But we know that whatsoever the law saith, that saith it unto them which are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may owe unto God.

20 Because by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified in his sight: for by the law cometh the knowledge of sin.

21 But now without the law the righteousness that is before God is revealed and testified by the law and the prophets.

22 But I say of this righteousness in the sight of God, which cometh by faith in JESUS Christ unto all, and upon all them that believe.

23 For there is no difference here: they are all sinners, and lack the glory which they ought to have in God,

24 And are justified without merit by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus,

25 Whom God set forth to be a mercy seat through faith in his blood, that he might present the righteousness that is before him, in that he forgiveth sins which until now have remained under divine patience,

26 That he might at these times present the righteousness that is before him, that he alone might be righteous, and justify him that believeth in JESUS.

27 Where's the glory now? It is gone. By what law? By the law of works? Not therefore, but by the law of faith.

28 We hold therefore that a man is justified without works of the law, but by faith alone.

29 Or is God the God of the Jews alone? Is he not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, indeed, also the God of the Gentiles.

30 For there is one God, who justifies circumcision by faith, and the foreskin by faith.

31 How then do we abolish the law by faith? Far be it from that; but we establish the law.