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Romans 3

1WhatadvantagethenοὖνounG3767haththeJewἸουδαίου,IoudaiouG2453?orwhatistheprofitofcircumcisionπεριτομῆς;peritomēsG4061?

2MuchπολὺpoluG4183everywayτρόπον·troponG5158:firstG4413ofall,thattheywereintrustedwiththeoraclesofGodθεοῦ.theouG2316.

3ForwhatifsomewerewithoutfaithG4102?shalltheirwantoffaithG4102makeofnoneeffectthefaithfulnessπίστινpistinG4102ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316?

4GodθεὸςtheosG2316forbid: yea,letGodG2316befoundtrueἀληθής,alēthēsG227,buteverymanἄνθρωποςanthrōposG444aliarψεύστηςpseustēsG5583;asitiswrittenG1125,Thatthou mightestbejustifiedG1344inthywordsλόγοιςlogoisG3056,Andmightestprevailwhenthou comestintojudgment.

5ButifourunrighteousnessἀδικίαadikiaG93commendeththerighteousnessδικαιοσύνηνdikaiosunēnG1343ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316,whatshallwesayG3004?IsGodθεὸςtheosG2316unrighteousἄδικοςadikosG94whovisitethwithwrathὀργήν;orgēnG3709? (Ispeakλέγω·legōG3004afterthemannerofmenἄνθρωπονanthrōponG444.)

6GodθεὸςtheosG2316forbid:forthenhowπῶςpōsG4459shallGodG2316judgeκρινεῖkrineiG2919theworldκόσμον;kosmonG2889?

7ButifthetruthἀλήθειαalētheiaG225ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316throughmylieaboundedἐπερίσσευσενeperisseusenG4052untohisgloryδόξανdoxanG1391,whyτίtiG5101amIalsoG1161stillἔτιetiG2089judgedG2919asasinnerἁμαρτωλὸςhamartōlosG268?

8andwhynot(asweareG1510slanderouslyreported,andassomeaffirmthatwesayλέγεινlegeinG3004),LetusdoevilκακὰkakaG2556,thatgoodἀγαθά;agathaG18maycomeἔλθῃelthēG2064?whosecondemnationκρίμαkrimaG2917isG1510just.

9Whatthen?areG1510webetterthanthey?No,innowise:forwebefore laidtothechargebothofJewsἸουδαίουςIoudaiousG2453andGreeksἝλληναςHellēnasG1672,thattheyareG1510allundersinἁμαρτίανhamartianG266;

10asitisG1510writtenG1125,ThereisG1510nonerighteousδίκαιοςdikaiosG1342,no,notoneεἷς·heisG1520;

11ThereisG1510nonethatunderstandeth,ThereisG1510nonethatseeketh afterGodθεόν·theonG2316;

12TheyhaveallturnedG1578aside,theyareG1510togetherἅμαhamaG260becomeunprofitable;ThereisG1510nonethatdoethgood,no,notso muchasoneἑνός.henosG1520:

13TheirthroatisanopenἀνεῳγμένοςaneōgmenosG455sepulchre;WiththeirtonguesG1100theyhaveused deceit:ThepoisonofaspsisundertheirlipsχείληcheilēG5491:

14WhosemouthστόμαstomaG4750isfullγέμει.gemeiG1073ofcursingandbitternessπικρίαςpikriasG4088:

15TheirfeetG4228areswifttoshedbloodαἷμα·haimaG129;

16DestructionandmiseryareintheirwaysG3598;

17AndthewayὁδὸνhodonG3598ofpeaceεἰρήνηςeirēnēsG1515havetheynotknownG1097:

18ThereisG1510nofearφόβοςphobosG5401ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316beforetheireyesὀφθαλμῶνophthalmōnG3788.

19NowδὲdeG1161weknowthatwhatthingsG3956soeverthelawνόμοςnomosG3551saith,itspeakethtothemthatareunderthelawνόμῳnomōG3551;thateverymouthστόμαstomaG4750maybestopped,andalltheworldκόσμοςkosmosG2889maybebroughtunderthejudgmentofGodθεῷ.theōG2316:

20becausebytheworksἔργωνergōnG2041ofthelawνόμουnomouG3551shallnofleshσὰρξsarxG4561bejustifiedG1344inhissight;forthroughthelawνόμουnomouG3551comeththeknowledgeἐπίγνωσιςepignōsisG1922ofsinἁμαρτίας.hamartiasG266.

21ButnowG1161apartχωρὶςchōrisG5565fromthelawνόμουnomouG3551arighteousnessδικαιοσύνηdikaiosunēG1343ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316hathbeenmanifestedG5319, beingwitnessedμαρτυρουμένηmarturoumenēG3140bythelawνόμουnomouG3551andtheprophetsπροφητῶν,prophētōnG4396;

22eventherighteousnessδικαιοσύνηdikaiosunēG1343ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316throughfaithπίστεωςpisteōsG4102inJesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424ChristΧριστοῦChristouG5547untoallthemthatbelieveG4100;forthereisG1510nodistinctionδιαστολή.diastolēG1293;

23forallhavesinnedG264,andfallshortὑστεροῦνταιhusterountaiG5302ofthegloryδόξηςdoxēsG1391ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316;

24beingjustifiedG1344freelyδωρεὰνdōreanG1432byhisgraceχάριτιcharitiG5485throughtheredemptionἀπολυτρώσεωςapolutrōseōsG629thatisinChristΧριστῷChristōG5547JesusἸησοῦ,IēsouG2424:

25whomGodθεὸςtheosG2316set forthtobeapropitiation,throughfaithπίστεωςpisteōsG4102,inhisbloodαἵματιaimatiG129,toshowhisrighteousnessδικαιοσύνηςdikaiosunēsG1343becauseofthepassingoverofthesinsἁμαρτημάτωνhamartēmatōnG265done aforetime,intheforbearanceofGodθεοῦ·theouG2316;

26fortheshowing,Isay,ofhisrighteousnessδικαιοσύνηςdikaiosunēsG1343atthispresentνῦνnunG3568seasonG2540:thathemighthimselfbeG1510justδίκαιονdikaionG1342,andthejustifierofhimthathathfaithπίστεωςpisteōsG4102inJesusἸησοῦ.¶IēsouG2424.

27WhereΠοῦPouG4226thenοὖνounG3767istheglorying?Itisexcluded.BywhatmanneroflawG3551?ofworksἔργων;ergōnG2041? Nay:butbyalawG3551offaithπίστεως.pisteōsG4102.

28Wereckon thereforethatamanἄνθρωπονanthrōponG444isjustifiedG1344byfaithπίστειpisteiG4102apartχωρὶςchōrisG5565fromtheworksἔργωνergōnG2041ofthelawνόμου.nomouG3551.

29OrisGodθεὸςtheosG2316theGodG2316ofJewsἸουδαίωνIoudaiōnG2453onlyG3440?ishenottheGodG2316ofGentilesἐθνῶν;ethnōnG1484alsoκαὶkaiG2532? Yea,ofGentilesἐθνῶν,ethnōnG1484alsoκαὶkaiG2532:

30ifsobethatGodθεὸςtheosG2316isoneεἷςheisG1520,andheshalljustifyδικαιώσειdikaiōseiG1344thecircumcisionπεριτομὴνperitomēnG4061byfaithπίστεωςpisteōsG4102,andtheuncircumcisionἀκροβυστίανakrobustianG203throughfaithπίστεως.pisteōsG4102.

31DowethenοὖνounG3767makethelawνόμονnomonG3551ofnoneeffectthroughfaithπίστεως;pisteōsG4102? God forbid: nay,weestablishG2476thelawνόμονnomonG3551.

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Commentaries on Romans 3