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.

Romans 3

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

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

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

⁴God 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.

⁵But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)

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

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

⁸And 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.

⁹What 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;

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

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

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

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

¹⁴Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

¹⁵Their feet are swift to shed blood:

¹⁶Destruction and misery are in their ways:

¹⁷And the way of peace have they not known:

¹⁸There is no fear of God before their eyes.

¹⁹Now 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.

²⁰Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

²¹But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

²²Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

²³For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

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

²⁵Whom 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;

²⁶To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

²⁷Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

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

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

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

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