Romans 3

¹So then, what more is the Jew, or what is the usefulness of circumcision?

²Much in every way: First of all, certainly, because the eloquence of God was entrusted to them.

³But what if some of them have not believed? Shall their unbelief nullify the faith of God? Let it not be so!

⁴For God is truthful, but every man is deceitful; just as it was written: “Therefore, you are justified in your words, and you will prevail when you give judgment.”

⁵But if even our injustice points to the justice of God, what shall we say? Could God be unfair for inflicting wrath?

⁶(I am speaking in human terms.) Let it not be so! Otherwise, how would God judge this world?

⁷For if the truth of God has abounded, through my falseness, unto his glory, why should I still be judged as such a sinner?

⁸And should we not do evil, so that good may result? For so we have been slandered, and so some have claimed we said; their condemnation is just.

⁹What is next? Should we try to excel ahead of them? By no means! For we have accused all Jews and Greeks to be under sin,

¹⁰just as it was written: “There is no one who is just.

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

¹²All have gone astray; together they have become useless. There is no one who does good; there is not even one.

¹³Their throat is an open sepulcher. With their tongues, they have been acting deceitfully. The venom of asps is under their lips.

¹⁴Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.

¹⁵Their feet are swift to shed blood.

¹⁶Grief and unhappiness are in their ways.

¹⁷And the way of peace they have not known.

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

¹⁹But we know that whatever the law speaks, it speaks to those who are in the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the entire world may be subject to God.

²⁰For in his presence no flesh shall be justified by the works of the law. For knowledge of sin is through the law.

²¹But now, without the law, the justice of God, to which the law and the prophets have testified, has been made manifest.

²²And the justice of God, through the faith of Jesus Christ, is in all those and over all those who believe in him. For there is no distinction.

²³For all have sinned and all are in need of the glory of God.

²⁴We have been justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

²⁵whom God has offered as a propitiation, through faith in his blood, to reveal his justice for the remission of the former offenses,

²⁶and by the forbearance of God, to reveal his justice in this time, so that he himself might be both the Just One and the Justifier of anyone who is of the faith of Jesus Christ.

²⁷So then, where is your self-exaltation? It is excluded. Through what law? That of works? No, but rather through the law of faith.

²⁸For we judge a man to be justified by faith, without the works of the law.

²⁹Is God of the Jews only and not also of the Gentiles? On the contrary, of the Gentiles also.

³⁰For One is the God who justifies circumcision by faith and uncircumcision through faith.

³¹Are we then destroying the law through faith? Let it not be so! Instead, we are making the law stand.

Romans 3

¹What advantage then hath the Jew: or what is the profit of circumcision?

²Much every way. First indeed, because the words of God were committed to them.

³For what if some of them have not believed? Shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? God forbid!

⁴But God is true and every man a liar, as it is written: That thou mayest be justified in thy words and mayest overcome when thou art judged.

⁵But if our injustice commend the justice of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust, who executeth wrath?

⁶(I speak according to man.) God forbid! Otherwise how shall God judge this world?

⁷For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie, unto his glory, why am I also yet judged as a sinner?

⁸And not rather (as we are slandered and as some affirm that we say) let us do evil that there may come good? Whose damnation is just.

⁹What then? Do we excel them? No, not so. For we have charged both Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin.

¹⁰As it is written: There is not any man just.

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

¹²All have turned out of the way: they are become unprofitable together: there is none that doth good, there is not so much as one.

¹³Their throat is an open sepulchre: with their tongues they have dealt deceitfully. The venom of asps is under their lips.

¹⁴Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

¹⁵Their feet swift to shed blood:

¹⁶Destruction and misery in their ways:

¹⁷And the way of peace they have not known.

¹⁸There is no fear of God before their eyes.

¹⁹Now we know that what things soever the law speaketh, it speaketh to them that are in the law: that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may be made subject to God.

²⁰Because by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified before him. For by the law is the knowledge of sin.

²¹But now, without the law, the justice of God is made manifest, being witnessed by the law and the prophets.

²²Even the justice of God, by faith of Jesus Christ, unto all, and upon all them that believe in him: for there is no distinction.

²³For all have sinned and do need the glory of God.

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

²⁵Whom God hath proposed to be a propitiation, through faith in his blood, to the shewing of his justice, for the remission of former sins,

²⁶Through the forbearance of God, for the shewing of his justice in this time: that he himself may be just and the justifier of him who is of the faith of Jesus Christ

²⁷Where is then thy boasting? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith.

²⁸For we account a man to be justified by faith, without the works of the law.

²⁹Is he the God of the Jews only? Is he not also of the Gentiles? yes, of the Gentiles also.

³⁰For it is one God that justifieth circumcision by faith and uncircumcision through faith.

³¹Do we then, destroy the law through faith? God forbid! But we establish the law.