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Romans 3:1-19

1WhatthenοὖνounG3767[is]thesuperiorityoftheJewἸουδαίου,IoudaiouG2453?orwhattheprofitofcircumcisionπεριτομῆς;peritomēsG4061?

2MuchπολὺpoluG4183everywayτρόπον·troponG5158:andfirstG4413,indeedG1063,thattothemwereentrustedἐπιστεύθησανepisteuthēsanG4100theoraclesofGodθεοῦ.theouG2316.

3Forwhat?ifsomehavenotbelieved,shalltheirunbeliefἀπιστίαapistiaG570makethefaithG4102ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316ofnoneeffect?

4Farbethethought:butletGodθεὸςtheosG2316betrueἀληθής,alēthēsG227,andeverymanἄνθρωποςanthrōposG444false; accordingasitiswrittenG1125,Sothatthou shouldestbejustifiedG1344inthywordsλόγοιςlogoisG3056,andshouldestovercomeG3528whenthou artinjudgment.

5ButifourunrighteousnessἀδικίαadikiaG93commendG4921God'srighteousnessδικαιοσύνηνdikaiosunēnG1343,whatshallwesayG3004?IsGodG2316unrighteousἄδικοςadikosG94whoinflictswrathὀργήν;orgēnG3709?Ispeakλέγω·legōG3004accordingκατὰkataG2596tomanἄνθρωπονanthrōponG444.

6Farbethethought:sincehowπῶςpōsG4459shallGodθεὸςtheosG2316judgeκρινεῖkrineiG2919theworldκόσμον;kosmonG2889?

7ForifthetruthἀλήθειαalētheiaG225ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316,inmylie,hasmoreG2089aboundedἐπερίσσευσενeperisseusenG4052tohisgloryδόξανdoxanG1391,whyτίtiG5101yetamIalsoG1161judgedG2919asasinnerἁμαρτωλὸςhamartōlosG268?

8andnot, accordingasweareG1510injuriously charged,andaccordingassomeaffirmthatwesayλέγεινlegeinG3004,LetuspractiseevilκακὰkakaG2556thingsG3739,thatgoodἀγαθά;agathaG18onesG5100maycomeἔλθῃelthēG2064?whosejudgmentG2917isG1510just.

9Whatthen?areG1510webetter?No,innowise:forwehavebeforechargedbothJewsἸουδαίουςIoudaiousG2453andGreeksἝλληναςHellēnasG1672withbeingG1510allundersinἁμαρτίανhamartianG266:

10accordingasitisG1510writtenG1125,ThereisG1510notarighteousδίκαιοςdikaiosG1342[manG1342],notevenοὐδὲoudeG3761oneεἷς·heisG1520;

11thereisG1510notthe[man]thatunderstandsσυνίων,suniōnG4920,thereisG1510notoneG3588thatseeks afterGodθεόν·theonG2316.

12Allhavegoneoutoftheway,theyhavetogetherἅμαhamaG260becomeunprofitable;thereisG1510notoneἑνός.henosG1520thatpractises goodness,thereisG1510notso muchasoneG1520:

13theirthroatisanopenἀνεῳγμένοςaneōgmenosG455sepulchre;withtheirtonguesG1100theyhaveused deceit; asps'poison[is]undertheirlipsχείληcheilēG5491:

14whosemouthστόμαstomaG4750isfullγέμει.gemeiG1073ofcursingandbitternessπικρίαςpikriasG4088;

15swifttheirfeetG4228toshedbloodαἷμα·haimaG129;

16ruinandmisery[are]intheirwaysG3598,

17andwayὁδὸνhodonG3598ofpeaceεἰρήνηςeirēnēsG1515theyhavenotknownG1097:

18thereisG1510nofearφόβοςphobosG5401ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316beforetheireyesὀφθαλμῶνophthalmōnG3788.

19NowδὲdeG1161weknowthatwhateverthethingsG3956thelawνόμοςnomosG3551saysλέγειlegeiG3004,itspeaksλαλεῖ,laleiG2980tothoseunderthelawνόμῳnomōG3551,thateverymouthστόμαstomaG4750maybestopped,andalltheworldκόσμοςkosmosG2889beunderjudgmenttoGodθεῷ.theōG2316.

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