Romans 3

All the World Guilty

1ThenG3767 whatG5101 1advantageG4053 has the JewG2453? OrG2228 whatG5101 is the benefitG5622 of circumcisionG4061? 2GreatG4183 in everyG3956 respectG5158. FirstG4413 of allG4413, that 2they were entrustedG4100 with the 3oraclesG3051 of GodG2316. 3WhatG5101 thenG1063? IfG1487 4someG5100 5did not believeG569, their 6unbeliefG570 will not nullifyG2673 the faithfulnessG4102 of GodG2316, will it? 47May it neverG3361 be! RatherG1161, let GodG2316 be foundG1096 trueG227, thoughG1161 everyG3956 manG444 be found 8a liarG5583, as it is writtenG1125, “9That You may be justifiedG1344 in Your wordsG3056, And prevailG3528 whenG1722 You 10are judgedG2919.” 5But ifG1487 our unrighteousnessG93 1112demonstratesG4921 the righteousnessG1343 of GodG2316, 13whatG5101 shall we sayG3004? The GodG2316 who inflictsG2018 wrathG3709 is not unrighteousG94, is He? (14I am speakingG3004 in humanG444 termsG2596.) 615May it neverG3361 be! For otherwiseG1893, howG4459 will 16GodG2316 judgeG2919 the worldG2889? 7But ifG1487 throughG1722 my lieG5582 17the truthG225 of GodG2316 aboundedG4052 to His gloryG1391, 18whyG5101 am I alsoG2532 stillG2089 being judgedG2919 as a sinnerG268? 8And why not say (as we are slanderouslyG987 reportedG987 and as someG5100 claimG5346 that we sayG3004), “19Let us doG4160 evilG2556 that goodG18 may comeG2064”? 20Their condemnationG2917 is justG1738.

9WhatG5101 thenG3767? 2122Are we betterG4284 than they? Not at allG3843; for we have alreadyG4256 chargedG4256 that bothG5037 23JewsG2453 and 24GreeksG1672 are 25allG3956 underG5259 sinG266; 10as it is writtenG1125, “26There is noneG3756 righteousG1342, not evenG3761 oneG1520;11There is noneG3756 who understandsG4920, There is noneG3756 who seeksG1567 for GodG2316;12AllG3956 have turnedG1578 asideG1578, togetherG260 they have becomeG889 uselessG889; There is noneG3756 who doesG4160 goodG5544, There is not evenG2193 oneG1520.”13“27Their throatG2995 is an openG455 graveG5028, With their tonguesG1100 they keep deceivingG1387,” “28The poisonG2447 of aspsG785 is underG5259 their lipsG5491”;14“29WhoseG3739 mouthG4750 is fullG1073 of cursingG685 and bitternessG4088”;15“30Their feetG4228 are swiftG3691 to shedG1632 bloodG129,16DestructionG4938 and miseryG5004 are in their pathsG3598,17And the pathG3598 of peaceG1515 they have not knownG1097.”18“31There is noG3756 fearG5401 of GodG2316 beforeG561 their eyesG3788.”

19NowG1161 we knowG3609 that whateverG3745 the 32LawG3551 saysG3004, it speaksG2980 to 33thoseG3588 who are 34underG1722 the LawG3551, soG2443 that everyG3956 mouthG4750 may be closedG5420 and 35allG3956 the worldG2889 may becomeG1096 accountableG5267 to GodG2316; 20becauseG1360 36by the worksG2041 37of the LawG3551 noG3756G3956 fleshG4561 will be justifiedG1344 in His sightG1799; for 3839throughG1223 the LawG3551 comes the knowledgeG1922 of sinG266.

Justification by Faith

21But nowG3570 apartG5565 40from the LawG3551 41the righteousnessG1343 of GodG2316 has been manifestedG5319, being 42witnessedG3140 by the LawG3551 and the ProphetsG4396, 22evenG1161 the 43righteousnessG1343 of GodG2316 throughG1223 44faithG4102 45in JesusG2424 ChristG5547 for 46allG3956 thoseG3588 47who believeG4100; for 48there is noG3756 distinctionG1293; 23for allG3956 4950have sinnedG264 and fallG5302 shortG5302 of the gloryG1391 of GodG2316, 24being justifiedG1344 as a giftG1431 51by His graceG5485 throughG1223 52the redemptionG629 which is in ChristG5547 JesusG2424; 25whomG3739 GodG2316 displayedG4388 publiclyG4388 as 53a 54propitiationG2435 5556in His bloodG129 throughG1223 faithG4102. This was to demonstrateG1731 His righteousnessG1343, 57becauseG1223 in the 58forbearanceG463 of GodG2316 He 59passedG3929 overG3929 the sinsG265 previouslyG4266 committedG4266; 26for the demonstrationG1732, I say, of His righteousnessG1343 at the presentG3568 timeG2540, soG1519 that He would be justG1342 and the justifierG1344 of the one who 60has faithG4102 in JesusG2424.

27WhereG4226 thenG3767 is 61boastingG2746? It is excludedG1576. By 62whatG4169 kindG4169 of lawG3551? Of worksG2041? NoG3780, but by a lawG3551 of faithG4102. 2863For 64we maintainG3049 that a manG444 is justifiedG1344 by faithG4102 apartG5565 from worksG2041 65of the LawG3551. 29OrG2228 66is GodG2316 the God of JewsG2453 onlyG3440? Is He not the God of GentilesG1484 alsoG2532? YesG3483, of GentilesG1484 alsoG2532, 30sinceG1512 indeedG1512 67GodG2316 68whoG3739 will justifyG1344 the 69circumcisedG4061 70by faithG4102 and the 71uncircumcisedG203 throughG1223 faithG4102 72is oneG1520.

31Do we thenG3767 nullifyG2673 73the LawG3551 throughG1223 faithG4102? 74May it neverG3361 be! On the contraryG235, we 75establishG2476 the LawG3551.