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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Romans 3 GWT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/romans/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/romans/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GWT</a> > Romans 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../romans/2.htm" title="Romans 2">◄</a> Romans 3 <a href="../romans/4.htm" title="Romans 4">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">GOD'S WORD® Translation</div><div class="chap"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Is there any advantage, then, in being a Jew? Or is there any value in being circumcised? <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>There are all kinds of advantages. First of all, God entrusted them with his word. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>What if some of them were unfaithful? Can their unfaithfulness cancel God's faithfulness?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>That would be unthinkable! God is honest, and everyone else is a liar, as Scripture says, "So you hand down justice when you speak, and you win your case in court."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But if what we do wrong shows that God is fair, what should we say? Is God unfair when he vents his anger on us? (I'm arguing the way humans would.) <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>That's unthinkable! Otherwise, how would God be able to judge the world? <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>If my lie increases the glory that God receives by showing that God is truthful, why am I still judged as a sinner? <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Or can we say, "Let's do evil so that good will come from it"? Some slander us and claim that this is what we say. They are condemned, and that's what they deserve.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>What, then, is the situation? Do we have any advantage? Not at all. We have already accused everyone (both Jews and Greeks) of being under the power of sin,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>as Scripture says, "Not one person has God's approval.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>No one understands. No one searches for God.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Everyone has turned away. Together they have become rotten to the core. No one does anything good, not even one person.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Their throats are open graves. Their tongues practice deception. Their lips hide the venom of poisonous snakes.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Their mouths are full of curses and bitter resentment.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>They run quickly to murder people.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>There is ruin and suffering wherever they go.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>They have not learned to live in peace.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>They are not terrified of God."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>We know that whatever is in Moses' Teachings applies to everyone under their influence, and no one can say a thing. The whole world is brought under the judgment of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Not one person can have God's approval by following Moses' Teachings. Moses' Teachings show what sin is.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Now, the way to receive God's approval has been made plain in a way other than Moses' Teachings. Moses' Teachings and the Prophets tell us this. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Everyone who believes has God's approval through faith in Jesus Christ. There is no difference between people. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Because all people have sinned, they have fallen short of God's glory. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>They receive God's approval freely by an act of his kindness through the price Christ Jesus paid to set us free [from sin]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>God showed that Christ is the throne of mercy where God's approval is given through faith in Christ's blood. In his patience God waited to deal with sins committed in the past. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>He waited so that he could display his approval at the present time. This shows that he is a God of justice, a God who approves of people who believe in Jesus.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>So, do we have anything to brag about? Bragging has been eliminated. On what basis was it eliminated? On the basis of our own efforts? No, indeed! Rather, it is eliminated on the basis of faith. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>We conclude that a person has God's approval by faith, not by his own efforts. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Is God only the God of the Jews? Isn't he also the God of people who are not Jewish? Certainly, he is, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>since it is the same God who approves circumcised people by faith and uncircumcised people through this same faith.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Are we abolishing Moses' Teachings by this faith? That's unthinkable! 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