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Faith essential for salvation (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/1#h=5:390-6:0"><strong>1:16, 17</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><ul><li class="L3"><p class="s6">“The righteous one will live by reason of faith” (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/1#h=5:390-6:0">1:16, 17</a>)</p></li></ul></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5"><strong>2. God’s wrath against all ungodliness and unrighteousness (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/1#h=6:0-9:0"><strong>1:18-32</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><ul><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Humans inexcusable for not glorifying God, the Creator (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/1#h=6:0-7:0">1:18-23</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">God gave ungodly people up to uncleanness (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/1#h=7:0-8:0">1:24-27</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">The consequences of not acknowledging God (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/1#h=8:0-9:0">1:28-32</a>)</p></li></ul></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5"><strong>3. God’s judgment on Jews and Greeks (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/2#h=9:0-12:0"><strong>2:1-16</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><ul><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Warning against judging others; God will judge all impartially (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/2#h=9:0-11:0">2:1-11</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Those having law but who are disobedient will be judged by law (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/2#h=11:0-11:245">2:12, 13</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">People of the nations have a law within themselves, their conscience (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/2#h=11:245-12:0">2:14-16</a>)</p></li></ul></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5"><strong>4. The Jews and the Law (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/2#h=12:0-16:0"><strong>2:17–3:8</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><ul><li class="L3"><p class="s6">The one professing to follow the Law yet breaking it dishonors God (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/2#h=12:0-13:0">2:17-24</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Real circumcision is on the inside; the real Jew has a circumcised heart (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/2#h=13:0-14:0">2:25-29</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">The Jews were entrusted with God’s sacred pronouncements (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3#h=14:0-14:191">3:1, 2</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">“Let God be found true, even if every man be found a liar” (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3#h=14:191-16:0">3:3-8</a>)</p></li></ul></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5"><strong>5. God’s righteousness revealed apart from law (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3#h=16:0-20:0"><strong>3:9-31</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><ul><li class="L3"><p class="s6">All mankind, both Jews and Gentiles, are under sin (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3#h=16:0-17:0">3:9-18</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">No one will be declared righteous by works of law (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3#h=17:0-18:0">3:19, 20</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Humans of all sorts who exercise faith in Christ declared righteous as a free gift (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3#h=18:0-19:221">3:21-28</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">God is not the God of the Jews only but also of people of the nations (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3#h=19:221-20:0">3:29-31</a>)</p></li></ul></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5"><strong>6. Abraham declared righteous through faith before the Law was given (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/4#h=20:0-25:0"><strong>4:1-25</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><ul><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Abraham’s faith counted to him as righteousness while he was yet uncircumcised (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/4#h=20:0-22:0">4:1-12</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Abraham received the promise through righteousness by faith (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/4#h=22:0-23:0">4:13-15</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">The promise is sure to all who adhere to the faith of Abraham (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/4#h=23:0-25:0">4:16-25</a>)</p></li></ul></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5"><strong>7. Reconciliation to God; death through Adam, life through Christ (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/5#h=25:0-30:0"><strong>5:1-21</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><ul><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Being declared righteous by faith leads to peace with God, joy, and hope (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/5#h=25:0-26:0">5:1-5</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">From being sinners and enemies to being reconciled to God (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/5#h=26:0-27:0">5:6-11</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Through Adam’s sin, death has spread to all and rules as king (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/5#h=27:0-28:0">5:12-14</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">God’s free gift through Christ results in a declaration of righteousness (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/5#h=28:0-29:0">5:15-17</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Rule by sin replaced with rule by undeserved kindness (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/5#h=29:0-30:0">5:18-21</a>)</p></li></ul></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5"><strong>8. A new life through baptism into Christ (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/6#h=30:0-35:0"><strong>6:1-23</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><ul><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Those baptized into Christ are baptized into his death with hope of a resurrection like his (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/6#h=30:0-32:0">6:1-11</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Do not let sin rule in your bodies (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/6#h=32:0-33:0">6:12-14</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">From slaves of sin to slaves of God (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/6#h=33:0-35:0">6:15-23</a>)</p></li></ul></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5"><strong>9. The purpose of the Law fulfilled; sin’s death-dealing power in all humans revealed (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/7#h=35:0-40:0"><strong>7:1-25</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><ul><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Release from the Law illustrated (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/7#h=35:0-37:0">7:1-6</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Sin made known by the Law (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/7#h=37:0-38:0">7:7-12</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">The struggle with sin (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/7#h=38:0-40:0">7:13-25</a>)</p></li></ul></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5"><strong>10. The righteous standing of those in union with Christ (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/8#h=40:0-48:0"><strong>8:1-39</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><ul><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Living in harmony with the spirit pleases God and brings life and peace (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/8#h=40:0-42:0">8:1-11</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">God’s spirit bears witness of adoption as sons (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/8#h=42:0-43:0">8:12-17</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">The revealing of God’s sons eagerly awaited by human creation (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/8#h=43:0-43:509">8:18-21</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Creation now groaning in pain (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/8#h=43:509-44:0">8:22-25</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">The spirit pleads with God for the holy ones (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/8#h=44:0-45:0">8:26, 27</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">God makes his works cooperate for those who love him (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/8#h=45:0-46:0">8:28-30</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">“If God is for us, who will be against us?” (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/8#h=46:0-47:0">8:31-34</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Nothing can separate righteous ones from God’s love (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/8#h=47:0-48:0">8:35-39</a>)</p></li></ul></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5"><strong>11. God’s sovereign will and natural Israel (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/9#h=48:0-54:0"><strong>9:1-33</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><ul><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Paul expresses grief over his relatives, the Israelites (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/9#h=48:0-49:0">9:1-5</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Abraham’s true offspring (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/9#h=49:0-50:0">9:6-13</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">God’s choosing not dependent on desire or effort of humans (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/9#h=50:0-51:0">9:14-18</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Unwise to find fault with the choice made by God, the Potter (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/9#h=51:0-52:0">9:19-26</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Only a remnant of natural Israel will be saved (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/9#h=52:0-53:0">9:27-29</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Israel stumbled by not showing faith (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/9#h=53:0-54:0">9:30-33</a>)</p></li></ul></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5"><strong>12. How to attain a righteous standing before God (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/10#h=54:0-58:0"><strong>10:1-21</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><ul><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Christ is the end of the Law (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/10#h=54:0-55:0">10:1-4</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Righteousness results from faith; public declaration for salvation (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/10#h=55:0-56:0">10:5-10</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Both Jews and Greeks need to call on the name of Jehovah to be saved (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/10#h=56:0-56:287">10:11-13</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Preachers sent out so that others can hear, believe, and call on Jehovah (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/10#h=56:287-57:0">10:14, 15</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Fleshly Israel’s lack of response was due to lack of faith, not lack of opportunity (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/10#h=57:0-58:0">10:16-21</a>)</p></li></ul></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5"><strong>13. The salvation of all Israel illustrated by an olive tree (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/11#h=58:0-65:0"><strong>11:1-36</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><ul><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Rejection of natural Israel not total (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/11#h=58:0-62:0">11:1-16</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Because of lack of faith on their part, some of Israel’s natural branches were broken off and “wild” non-Israelite ones were grafted in (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/11#h=62:0-63:0">11:17-24</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">The sacred secret reveals how all spiritual Israel will be saved (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/11#h=63:0-64:0">11:25-32</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">“O the depth of God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge!” (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/11#h=64:0-65:0">11:33-36</a>)</p></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></div> </li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="45-3-1" data-section-citation="045003001045003001"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Romans 3:1</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p49" data-pid="49" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/47/0">w68 690;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/47/1"> w61 448;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/47/2"> w51 117</a></p> <p id="p50" data-pid="50" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="45-3-2" data-section-citation="045003002045003002"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Romans 3:2</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p4" data-pid="4" class="s5"><strong>they were entrusted with:</strong> That is, the Jews. (See Glossary, “<a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/0/0">Jew</a>.”) Moses wrote at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/1/0" data-bid="2-1" class="b">De 29:29</a>: “The things revealed belong to us [Israelites] and to our descendants forever.” At <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/2/0" data-bid="3-1" class="b">Ps 147:19, 20</a>, God is said to declare “his word . . . to Israel,” something he had not done “with any other nation.” Jesus alluded to the Jews’ being entrusted with God’s word of salvation and true worship when he said: “Salvation begins with the Jews.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/3/0" data-bid="4-1" class="b">Joh 4:22</a>; see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/1/0">study note</a>.) Paul here confirms that Jehovah had entrusted the Jews with writing the Hebrew-Aramaic portion of the inspired Scriptures. Also, the books of the Christian Greek Scriptures were composed by the Jewish disciples of Jesus. So the Jews were custodians of Scriptural knowledge, and they were responsible for composing the books of the entire Bible canon.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/2/0">study notes on Lu Title</a> and <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/3/0">24:44</a>.</p> <p id="p5" data-pid="5" class="s5"><strong>sacred pronouncements:</strong> This expression occurs only four times in the Christian Greek Scriptures, and it translates the plural form of the Greek word <em>loʹgi·on</em> (meaning “little word”), a diminutive of <em>loʹgos</em> (word). Originally, <em>loʹgi·on</em> meant only a brief sacred statement, but in time it came to signify any divine communication. Paul here referred to the entire Hebrew Scriptures and apparently also to the part of the Christian Greek Scriptures written up to that time. The writing of this body of inspired Scriptures was <strong>entrusted</strong> to the Jews, who wrote “as they were moved by holy spirit.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/4/0" data-bid="5-1" class="b">2Pe 1:20, 21</a>) In the <em>Septuagint,</em> the word <em>loʹgi·on</em> is often used to render Hebrew expressions that refer to God’s pronouncements, such as at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/5/0" data-bid="6-1" class="b">Ps 12:6</a> (11:7 [6], <em>LXX</em>): “The <em>sayings</em> of Jehovah are pure.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/77" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-78"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">De 4:8; Ps 147:19, 20; Ac 7:38; Ro 9:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-78" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-78" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p120" data-pid="120" class="se"></p> <p id="p121" data-pid="121" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/139/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 121,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/140/0"> 408,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/141/0"> 1081</a></p> <p id="p122" data-pid="122" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/142/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 836</a></p> <div id="p123" data-pid="123"><p data-pid="123" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/143/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="123" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/143/0">9/1/1995, p. 11</a></p><p data-pid="123" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/144/0">5/15/1986, pp. 11-12</a></p> </div><p id="p124" data-pid="124" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p38" data-pid="38" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/36/0">it-1 121,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/36/2"> 408,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/36/4"> 1081;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/36/6"> it-2 836;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/36/8"> w95 9/1 11;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/36/10"> w86 5/15 11-12;</a></p> <p id="p39" data-pid="39" class="sx"></p> <p id="p50" data-pid="50" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/48/0">w85 11/1 27-28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/48/2"> g79 10/8 4;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/48/4"> lp 136;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/48/6"> ad 87,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/48/7"> 291;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/48/8"> w68 690;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/48/9"> w65 678;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/48/10"> w61 448;</a><span class="ni"> g61 4/22 9;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/48/12"> w52 494;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/48/13"> w51 117;</a><span class="ni"> w33 20</span></p> <p id="p51" data-pid="51" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="45-3-3" data-section-citation="045003003045003003"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Romans 3:3</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p51" data-pid="51" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/49/0">w65 678;</a><span class="ni"> lg 9;</span><span class="ni"> w41 170</span></p> <p id="p52" data-pid="52" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="45-3-4" data-section-citation="045003004045003004"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Romans 3:4</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p7" data-pid="7" class="s5"><strong>Certainly not!:</strong> This expression renders a Greek phrase that Paul uses ten times in his letter to the Romans. It is also rendered “By no means!” and “Not at all!” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/7/0" data-bid="8-1" class="b">Ro 3:4,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/7/1" data-bid="8-2" class="b"> 6,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/7/2" data-bid="8-3" class="b"> 31;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/7/3" data-bid="8-4" class="b"> 6:2,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/7/4" data-bid="8-5" class="b"> 15;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/7/5" data-bid="8-6" class="b"> 7:7,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/7/6" data-bid="8-7" class="b"> 13;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/7/7" data-bid="8-8" class="b"> 9:14;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/7/8" data-bid="8-9" class="b"> 11:1,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/7/9" data-bid="8-10" class="b"> 11</a>) A more literal rendering would be “Never may it occur (happen).” It is an emphatic way of making a negative response to questions that are often rhetorical. It expresses strong aversion to the idea, as if to say, “Away with the thought.”</p> <p id="p8" data-pid="8" class="s5"><strong>let God be found true:</strong> Paul’s exclamation “Certainly not!” at the beginning of this verse is in reply to the question he raised in the preceding verse: “If some lacked faith, will their lack of faith invalidate the faithfulness of God?” The majority of Jews of that day showed a lack of faith, particularly when they rejected the Hebrew Scripture prophecies that pointed to Jesus as the Messiah. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/8/0" data-bid="9-1" class="b">Ro 3:21</a>) By taking that position, they—the people to whom God had entrusted those “sacred pronouncements” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/9/0" data-bid="10-1" class="b">Ro 3:2</a>)—made it seem that Jehovah had been untrue to his promises. But Jehovah had faithfully fulfilled those pronouncements through Christ. In establishing that God is trustworthy, Paul quoted the words of King David, as rendered in the <em>Septuagint:</em> “That you [God] might be proved righteous in your words.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/10/0" data-bid="11-1" class="b">Ps 51:4</a> [50:6, <em>LXX</em>]) In that verse, David admitted his error, acknowledging that God is true and righteous. He did not try to justify himself and discredit God. Paul used David’s words to show that God is always loyal and true, regardless of who or how many claim otherwise.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/78" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-79"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 55:10, 11; Joh 8:26; 2Ti 2:13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-79" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-79" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/79" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-80"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Nu 23:19; Ps 116:11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-80" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-80" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/80" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-81"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 51:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-81" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-81" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p124" data-pid="124" class="se"></p> <div id="p125" data-pid="125"><p data-pid="125" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/145/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="125" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/145/0">6/15/2008, p. 30</a></p> </div><p id="p126" data-pid="126" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p39" data-pid="39" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/37/0">w08 6/15 30;</a></p> <p id="p40" data-pid="40" class="sx"></p> <p id="p52" data-pid="52" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/50/0">w66 734;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/50/1"> w65 678;</a><span class="ni"> g65 11/8 9;</span><span class="ni"> g64 9/22 4;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/50/4"> w63 168;</a><span class="ni"> bf 679;</span><span class="ni"> g61 1/8 8;</span><span class="ni"> lg 9;</span><span class="ni"> g50 3/8 25</span></p> <p id="p53" data-pid="53" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="45-3-5" data-section-citation="045003005045003005"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Romans 3:5</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/81" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-82"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 18:25</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-82" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-82" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p126" data-pid="126" class="se"></p> <p id="p127" data-pid="127" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/146/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 1131</a></p> <p id="p128" data-pid="128" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p40" data-pid="40" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/38/0">it-2 1131;</a></p> <p id="p41" data-pid="41" class="sx"></p> <p id="p53" data-pid="53" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/51/0">ad 1618;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/51/1"> w65 680</a></p> <p id="p54" data-pid="54" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="45-3-6" data-section-citation="045003006045003006"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Romans 3:6</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/82" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-83"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 9:8; 96:13; 98:9; Ac 17:31</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-83" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-83" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p128" data-pid="128" class="se"></p> <p id="p129" data-pid="129" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/147/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 1131</a></p> <p id="p130" data-pid="130" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p41" data-pid="41" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/39/0">it-2 1131;</a></p> <p id="p42" data-pid="42" class="sx"></p> <p id="p54" data-pid="54" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/52/0">ad 1618</a></p> <p id="p55" data-pid="55" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="45-3-7" data-section-citation="045003007045003007"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Romans 3:7</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p130" data-pid="130" class="se"></p> <p id="p131" data-pid="131" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/148/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 1131</a></p> <p id="p132" data-pid="132" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p42" data-pid="42" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/40/0">it-2 1131;</a></p> <p id="p43" data-pid="43" class="sx"></p> <p id="p55" data-pid="55" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/53/0">ad 1618;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/53/1"> w65 680</a></p> <p id="p56" data-pid="56" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="45-3-8" data-section-citation="045003008045003008"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Romans 3:8</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/83" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-84"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Heb 2:2, 3</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-84" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-84" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p56" data-pid="56" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/54/0">w65 680</a></p> <p id="p57" data-pid="57" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="45-3-9" data-section-citation="045003009045003009"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Romans 3:9</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p10" data-pid="10" class="s5"><strong>under sin:</strong> That is, under the power of sin. The Greek preposition <em>hy·poʹ,</em> “under,” here conveys the idea of being under the control of someone or something. In the Bible, sin is personified as a domineering master who holds humans in slavery. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/12/0" data-bid="13-1" class="b">Joh 8:34;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/12/1" data-bid="13-2" class="b"> Ro 6:16-20;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/12/2" data-bid="13-3" class="b"> 7:14</a>) In a similar way, Paul describes sin as ruling “as king.”—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/13/0" data-bid="14-1" class="b">Ro 5:21</a>.</p> <p id="p11" data-pid="11" class="s5"><strong>sin:</strong> The basic Greek term for “sin” in the Scriptures is <em>ha·mar·tiʹa.</em> This is the first occurrence of the word in the book of Romans. The related verb, <em>ha·mar·taʹno,</em> literally means “to miss,” in the sense of missing a target or not reaching a goal. For example, secular Greek writers used <em>ha·mar·taʹno</em> with regard to a spearman missing his target. The corresponding Hebrew terms <em>chat·taʼthʹ,</em> “sin,” and <em>cha·taʼʹ,</em> “to sin,” convey a similar meaning. At <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/14/0" data-bid="15-1" class="b">Jg 20:16</a>, <em>cha·taʼʹ</em> is used with a negative to describe the Benjaminites who “could sling a stone to within a hairbreadth and would not <em>miss.”</em> Both the Hebrew and the Greek terms could refer to missing, or failing to reach, not only physical goals but also moral or intellectual ones. But in the Scriptures, these terms refer mainly to human sin, a failure to live or act in harmony with moral standards set by the Creator. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/15/0" data-bid="16-1" class="b">Ge 39:9;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/15/1" data-bid="16-2" class="b"> 1Sa 7:6;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/15/2" data-bid="16-3" class="b"> Ps 51:4;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/15/3" data-bid="16-4" class="b"> Da 9:8;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/15/4" data-bid="16-5" class="b"> Lu 15:18;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/15/5" data-bid="16-6" class="b"> Ro 2:12;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/15/6" data-bid="16-7" class="b"> 5:12</a>) The <em>Septuagint</em> often uses the verb <em>ha·mar·taʹno</em> to render the Hebrew verb <em>cha·taʼʹ.</em>—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/4/0">study note on Ro 3:23</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/84" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-85"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 3:23; 5:12; Ga 3:22</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-85" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-85" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p132" data-pid="132" class="se"></p> <div id="p133" data-pid="133"><p data-pid="133" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/149/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="133" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/149/0">12/1/1997, p. 11</a></p> </div><p id="p134" data-pid="134" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p43" data-pid="43" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/41/0">w97 12/1 11;</a></p> <p id="p44" data-pid="44" class="sx"></p> <p id="p57" data-pid="57" class="sx"><span class="ni">g64 12/8 4;</span><span class="ni"> w46 104</span></p> <p id="p58" data-pid="58" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="45-3-10" data-section-citation="045003010045003010"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Romans 3:10</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p13" data-pid="13" class="s5"><strong>just as it is written:</strong> In <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/17/0" data-bid="18-1" class="b">verses 10 through 18</a>, Paul uses several quotes from the Hebrew Scriptures to prove his point “that Jews as well as Greeks are all under sin.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/18/0" data-bid="19-1" class="b">Ro 3:9</a>) In <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/19/0" data-bid="20-1" class="b">verses 10 through 12</a>, the quotes are taken from <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/20/0" data-bid="21-1" class="b">Ps 14:1-3</a> and <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/21/0" data-bid="22-1" class="b">Ps 53:1-3;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/21/1" data-bid="22-2" class="b"> Ro 3:13</a> is taken from <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/22/0" data-bid="23-1" class="b">Ps 5:9</a> and <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/23/0" data-bid="24-1" class="b">Ps 140:3;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/23/1" data-bid="24-2" class="b"> Ro 3:14</a>, from <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/24/0" data-bid="25-1" class="b">Ps 10:7;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/24/1" data-bid="25-2" class="b"> Ro 3:15-17</a>, from <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/25/0" data-bid="26-1" class="b">Pr 1:16</a> and <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/26/0" data-bid="27-1" class="b">Isa 59:7, 8</a>; and <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/27/0" data-bid="28-1" class="b">Ro 3:18</a>, from <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/28/0" data-bid="29-1" class="b">Ps 36:1</a>.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/5/0">study note on Ro 1:17</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/85" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-86"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Pr 20:9; Ec 7:20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-86" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-86" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p134" data-pid="134" class="se"></p> <div id="p135" data-pid="135"><p data-pid="135" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/150/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="135" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/150/0">3/15/1995, pp. 10-11</a></p> </div><p id="p136" data-pid="136" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p44" data-pid="44" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/42/0">w95 3/15 10-11;</a></p> <p id="p45" data-pid="45" class="sx"></p> <p id="p58" data-pid="58" class="sx"><span class="ni">im 225;</span><span class="ni"> g65 7/22 28;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/56/2"> w64 579;</a><span class="ni"> g64 12/8 4;</span><span class="ni"> lg 158</span></p> <p id="p59" data-pid="59" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="45-3-11" data-section-citation="045003011045003011"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Romans 3:11</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p59" data-pid="59" class="sx"><span class="ni">im 225</span></p> <p id="p60" data-pid="60" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="45-3-12" data-section-citation="045003012045003012"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Romans 3:12</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/86" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-87"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 14:1-3; 53:1-3</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-87" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-87" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p60" data-pid="60" class="sx"><span class="ni">im 225</span></p> <p id="p61" data-pid="61" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="45-3-13" data-section-citation="045003013045003013"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Romans 3:13</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/87" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-88"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 5:9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-88" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-88" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/88" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-89"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 140:3</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-89" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-89" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p136" data-pid="136" class="se"></p> <p id="p137" data-pid="137" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/151/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 195,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/152/0"> 995</a></p> <p id="p138" data-pid="138" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/153/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 1151</a></p> <p id="p139" data-pid="139" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p45" data-pid="45" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/43/0">it-1 195,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/43/2"> 995;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/43/4"> it-2 1151;</a></p> <p id="p46" data-pid="46" class="sx"></p> <p id="p61" data-pid="61" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/59/0">ad 682,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/59/1"> 1633;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/59/2"> w65 110</a></p> <p id="p62" data-pid="62" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="45-3-14" data-section-citation="045003014045003014"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Romans 3:14</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/89" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-90"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 10:7; Jas 3:8, 9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-90" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-90" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="45-3-15" data-section-citation="045003015045003015"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Romans 3:15</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/90" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-91"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Pr 1:16</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-91" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-91" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="45-3-17" data-section-citation="045003017045003017"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Romans 3:17</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/91" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-92"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 59:7, 8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-92" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-92" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="45-3-18" data-section-citation="045003018045003018"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Romans 3:18</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/92" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-93"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 36:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-93" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-93" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p139" data-pid="139" class="se"></p> <div id="p140" data-pid="140"><p data-pid="140" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/154/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="140" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/154/0">3/15/1995, pp. 10-11</a></p> </div><p id="p141" data-pid="141" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p46" data-pid="46" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/44/0">w95 3/15 10-11</a></p> <p id="p47" data-pid="47" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="45-3-19" data-section-citation="045003019045003019"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Romans 3:19</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p15" data-pid="15" class="s5"><strong>the Law:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/6/0">study note on Ro 2:12</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/93" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-94"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 2:12; 5:13; Ga 3:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-94" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-94" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p141" data-pid="141" class="se"></p> <p id="p142" data-pid="142" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/155/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 224</a></p> <p id="p143" data-pid="143" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p47" data-pid="47" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/45/0">it-2 224;</a></p> <p id="p48" data-pid="48" class="sx"></p> <p id="p62" data-pid="62" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/60/0">ka 129;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/60/2"> w72 588;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/60/4"> g72 11/22 6;</a><span class="ni"> im 225;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/60/7"> w51 459;</a><span class="ni"> w45 228</span></p> <p id="p63" data-pid="63" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="45-3-20" data-section-citation="045003020045003020"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Romans 3:20</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p17" data-pid="17" class="s5"><strong>one:</strong> Lit., “flesh.” The Greek word <em>sarx</em> is here used in the sense of a human, a being of flesh and blood.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/7/0">study notes on Joh 3:6;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/8/0"> 17:2</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/94" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-95"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 143:2; Ga 2:16; 3:11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-95" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-95" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/95" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-96"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 7:9, 13; Ga 3:19</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-96" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-96" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p143" data-pid="143" class="se"></p> <p id="p144" data-pid="144" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/156/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> pp. 224,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/157/0"> 966</a></p> <p id="p145" data-pid="145" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p48" data-pid="48" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/46/0">it-2 224,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/46/2"> 966;</a></p> <p id="p49" data-pid="49" class="sx"></p> <p id="p63" data-pid="63" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/61/0">g72 7/22 27;</a><span class="ni"> g63 9/8 28;</span><span class="ni"> g62 8/8 6;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/61/4"> w57 646;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/61/5"> w54 251;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/61/6"> w51 459;</a><span class="ni"> w48 151</span></p> <p id="p64" data-pid="64" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="45-3-21" data-section-citation="045003021045003021"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Romans 3:21</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/96" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-97"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 1:16, 17</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-97" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-97" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/97" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-98"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 53:11; Jer 31:34; Da 9:24</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-98" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-98" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p145" data-pid="145" class="se"></p> <div id="p146" data-pid="146"><p data-pid="146" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/158/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="146" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/158/0">10/1/1990, p. 20</a></p> </div><p id="p147" data-pid="147" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p49" data-pid="49" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/47/0">w90 10/1 20</a></p> <p id="p50" data-pid="50" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="45-3-22" data-section-citation="045003022045003022"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Romans 3:22</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/98" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-99"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 10:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-99" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-99" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/99" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-100"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ga 3:28</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-100" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-100" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p147" data-pid="147" class="se"></p> <div id="p148" data-pid="148"><p data-pid="148" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/159/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="148" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/159/0">10/1/1990, p. 20</a></p> </div><p id="p149" data-pid="149" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p50" data-pid="50" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/48/0">w90 10/1 20;</a></p> <p id="p51" data-pid="51" class="sx"></p> <p id="p64" data-pid="64" class="sx"><span class="ni">w45 121;</span><span class="ni"> w39 153</span></p> <p id="p65" data-pid="65" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="45-3-23" data-section-citation="045003023045003023"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Romans 3:23</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p19" data-pid="19" class="s5"><strong>all have sinned:</strong> Paul makes a similar point at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/32/0" data-bid="33-1" class="b">Ro 3:9,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/32/1" data-bid="33-2" class="b"> 12;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/32/2" data-bid="33-3" class="b"> 5:12</a>. The Greek word rendered <strong>fall short of</strong> could also be rendered “fail to reach” or “come short of.” God created humans “in his image” by giving them the ability to reflect his personality and qualities. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/33/0" data-bid="34-1" class="b">Ge 1:26, 27</a>) However, when the first humans, Adam and Eve, disobeyed God’s command (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/34/0" data-bid="35-1" class="b">Ge 2:15-17;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/34/1" data-bid="35-2" class="b"> 3:1-6</a>), they came short of reflecting <strong>the glory of God,</strong> including his glorious qualities. Since all of Adam’s offspring have inherited sin and its consequence, death, every member of the human family falls short of properly reflecting God’s lofty qualities.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/100" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-101"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 51:5; Ec 7:20; Ro 5:12</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-101" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-101" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p149" data-pid="149" class="se"></p> <p id="p150" data-pid="150" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/160/0"><em>Bible Questions Answered,</em> article 96</a></p> <div id="p151" data-pid="151"><p data-pid="151" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/161/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="151" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/161/0">6/15/2011, pp. 8-10</a></p><p data-pid="151" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/162/0">6/1/2006, pp. 12-13</a></p> </div><p id="p152" data-pid="152" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p51" data-pid="51" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/49/0">ijwbq article 96;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/49/2"> w11 6/15 8-10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/49/4"> w06 6/1 12-13;</a></p> <p id="p52" data-pid="52" class="sx"></p> <p id="p65" data-pid="65" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/63/0">w80 11/1 5;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/63/2"> g78 9/22 22;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/63/4"> lp 60;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/63/6"> w76 326;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/63/8"> gh 78;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/63/10"> w74 280;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/63/12"> w73 199;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/63/14"> g71 10/8 20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/63/16"> g71 12/8 28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/63/18"> w65 719;</a><span class="ni"> im 225;</span><span class="ni"> g64 7/22 27;</span><span class="ni"> g61 9/8 7;</span><span class="ni"> w46 104</span></p> <p id="p66" data-pid="66" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="45-3-24" data-section-citation="045003024045003024"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Romans 3:24</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p21" data-pid="21" class="s5"><strong>being declared righteous:</strong> In the Christian Greek Scriptures, the Greek verb <em>di·kai·oʹo</em> and the related nouns <em>di·kaiʹo·ma</em> and <em>di·kaiʹo·sis,</em> traditionally rendered “to justify” and “justification,” carry the basic idea of clearing of any charge, holding as guiltless, and therefore pronouncing and treating as righteous. For example, the apostle Paul wrote that the person who has died has been “acquitted [form of <em>di·kai·oʹo</em>] from his sin,” having paid the penalty, death. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/36/0" data-bid="37-1" class="b">Ro 6:7,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/36/1" data-bid="37-2" class="b"> 23</a>) In addition to such usage, these Greek words are used in a special sense in the Scriptures. They refer to God’s viewing as guiltless an imperfect person who exercises faith.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/37/0" data-bid="38-1" class="b">Ac 13:38, 39;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/37/1" data-bid="38-2" class="b"> Ro 8:33</a>.</p> <p id="p22" data-pid="22" class="s5"><strong>the release by the ransom paid by Christ Jesus:</strong> Or “the redemption that is in (by) Christ Jesus.” The Greek word <em>a·po·lyʹtro·sis</em> is related to several other words having to do with the ransom.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/9/0">study note on Mt 20:28</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/101" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-102"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 5:17</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-102" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-102" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/102" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-103"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 2:8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-103" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-103" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/103" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-104"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 20:28; Ro 6:23; 1Ti 2:5, 6; 1Pe 2:24</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-104" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-104" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p152" data-pid="152" class="se"></p> <p id="p153" data-pid="153" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/163/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 605</a></p> <div id="p154" data-pid="154"><p data-pid="154" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/164/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="154" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/164/0">12/2016, p. 9</a></p> </div><p id="p155" data-pid="155" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p52" data-pid="52" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/50/0">it-1 605;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/50/2"> w16.12 9;</a></p> <p id="p53" data-pid="53" class="sx"></p> <p id="p66" data-pid="66" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/64/0">w85 12/1 9-10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/64/2"> hp 105-107;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/64/4"> w78 2/1 20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/64/6"> gh 118-119;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/64/8"> w73 199;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/64/10"> w73 262;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/64/12"> w71 272;</a><span class="ni"> g61 9/8 7;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/64/15"> w58 703;</a><span class="ni"> w39 153</span></p> <p id="p67" data-pid="67" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="45-3-25" data-section-citation="045003025045003025"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Romans 3:25</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p24" data-pid="24" class="s5"><strong>an offering for propitiation:</strong> Or “an offering for atonement (reconciliation).” The Greek word <em>hi·la·steʹri·on,</em> here rendered “an offering for propitiation,” and the related word <em>hi·la·smosʹ,</em> rendered “propitiatory sacrifice” at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/39/0" data-bid="40-1" class="b">1Jo 2:2</a> and <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/40/0" data-bid="41-1" class="b">4:10</a>, can signify a means of appeasement. In the Scriptures, these terms are used to refer to a restoration of good relations between God and man. When Adam was created as an earthly “son of God,” he enjoyed a peaceful relationship with his Creator. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/41/0" data-bid="42-1" class="b">Lu 3:38</a>) By disobeying God and sinning, Adam forfeited his favorable relationship and his perfect human life. He also sold his descendants into slavery to sin and death. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/42/0" data-bid="43-1" class="b">Ro 5:12</a>) God’s perfect justice required like for like in order for mankind’s relationship with God to be restored. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/43/0" data-bid="44-1" class="b">Ex 21:23-25;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/43/1" data-bid="44-2" class="b"> De 19:21</a>) When Jesus sacrificed his perfect human life, the sacrifice he offered appeased, or satisfied, Jehovah’s standard of justice by providing the righteous and just basis for pardoning sin. Thereafter, God could “be righteous even when declaring righteous the [inherently sinful] man who has faith in Jesus.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/44/0" data-bid="45-1" class="b">Ro 3:26</a>) Jesus’ sacrifice made it propitious, or favorable, for humans to seek and receive restoration to a peaceful relationship with Jehovah. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/45/0" data-bid="46-1" class="b">Eph 1:7</a>) At <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/46/0" data-bid="47-1" class="b">Heb 9:4, 5</a>, the Greek word <em>hi·la·steʹri·on</em> is used in connection with the cover of the chest called “the ark of the covenant” and is rendered “the propitiatory cover” or, as found in the footnote, “the place of atonement.”</p> <p id="p25" data-pid="25" class="s5"><strong>forbearance:</strong> Or “tolerance.”—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/10/0">study note on Ro 2:4</a>.</p> <p id="p26" data-pid="26" class="s5"><strong>was forgiving the sins that occurred in the past:</strong> Jehovah began to forgive sins even <em>before</em> Jesus provided the ransom to redeem Adam’s descendants from imperfection, sin, and death. This became possible from the moment Jehovah began to reveal his purpose to provide an “offspring” who would save believing mankind. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/47/0" data-bid="48-1" class="b">Ge 3:15;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/47/1" data-bid="48-2" class="b"> 22:18;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/47/2" data-bid="48-3" class="b"> Isa 53:5, 6,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/47/3" data-bid="48-4" class="b"> 10-12;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/47/4" data-bid="48-5" class="b"> Mt 20:28;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/47/5" data-bid="48-6" class="b"> Ga 3:19</a>) From the viewpoint of God Almighty, the ransom was as good as paid; he had absolute confidence in the willingness of his Son to provide this sacrifice. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/48/0" data-bid="49-1" class="b">Ps 40:6-8;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/48/1" data-bid="49-2" class="b"> Heb 10:7-10</a>) Nothing could ever prevent God from fulfilling his purpose. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/49/0" data-bid="50-1" class="b">Nu 23:19;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/49/1" data-bid="50-2" class="b"> Isa 46:10;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/49/2" data-bid="50-3" class="b"> Tit 1:2</a>) Thus, God could pardon repentant sinners while at the same time maintain his own justice. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/50/0" data-bid="51-1" class="b">De 32:4;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/50/1" data-bid="51-2" class="b"> Ps 32:1, 2,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/50/2" data-bid="51-3" class="b"> 5;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/50/3" data-bid="51-4" class="b"> Isa 1:18</a>) He could also declare faithful humans righteous in a relative sense, without compromising his standards of righteousness. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/51/0" data-bid="52-1" class="b">Ge 15:1,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/51/1" data-bid="52-2" class="b"> 6;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/51/2" data-bid="52-3" class="b"> Eze 14:14;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/51/3" data-bid="52-4" class="b"> Mt 23:35;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/51/4" data-bid="52-5" class="b"> Jas 2:23-25</a>) Likewise, Jesus, while on earth as God’s representative, had the authority to forgive sins in advance of the ransom by applying the value of his yet future sacrifice to individuals of faith.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/52/0" data-bid="53-1" class="b">Mt 9:2-6;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/52/1" data-bid="53-2" class="b"> Lu 7:36-50;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/52/2" data-bid="53-3" class="b"> Heb 2:9</a>; see Glossary, “<a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/11/0">Ransom</a>,” “<a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070720/12/0">Righteousness</a>.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/104" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-105"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 53:11; 2Co 5:19; 1Jo 2:1, 2; 4:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-105" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-105" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/105" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-106"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Le 17:11; Ac 13:39; Eph 1:7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-106" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-106" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p155" data-pid="155" class="se"></p> <div id="p156" data-pid="156"><p data-pid="156" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/165/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="156" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/165/0">3/2024, p. 32</a></p> </div><p id="p157" data-pid="157" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/166/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 606,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/167/0"> 1193</a></p> <p id="p158" data-pid="158" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/168/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> pp. 18-19,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/169/0"> 810</a></p> <div id="p159" data-pid="159"><p data-pid="159" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/170/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="159" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/170/0">8/15/2014, p. 18</a></p><p data-pid="159" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/171/0">8/15/2010, pp. 6-7</a></p><p data-pid="159" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/172/0">6/15/2008, p. 29</a></p><p data-pid="159" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/173/0">11/1/2005, p. 13</a></p><p data-pid="159" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/174/0">2/15/1991, p. 18</a></p> </div><p id="p160" data-pid="160" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p53" data-pid="53" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/51/0">w24.03 32;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/51/2"> it-1 606,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/51/4"> 1193;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/51/6"> it-2 19,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/51/8"> 810;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/51/10"> w14 8/15 18;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/51/12"> w10 8/15 6-7;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/51/14"> w08 6/15 29;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/51/16"> w05 11/1 13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/51/18"> w91 2/15 18;</a></p> <p id="p54" data-pid="54" class="sx"></p> <p id="p67" data-pid="67" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/65/0">w85 12/1 9-10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/65/2"> hp 107-109;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/65/4"> w71 272;</a><span class="ni"> g61 9/8 7</span></p> <p id="p68" data-pid="68" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="45-3-26" data-section-citation="045003026045003026"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Romans 3:26</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/106" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-107"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 89:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-107" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-107" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/107" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-108"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 5:18; 1Co 1:30; 1Jo 1:9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-108" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-108" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p160" data-pid="160" class="se"></p> <p id="p161" data-pid="161" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/175/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 108,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/176/0"> 606</a></p> <p id="p162" data-pid="162" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/177/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> pp. 760,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/178/0"> 810</a></p> <div id="p163" data-pid="163"><p data-pid="163" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/179/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="163" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/179/0">11/1/2005, p. 13</a></p> </div><p id="p164" data-pid="164" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p54" data-pid="54" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/52/0">it-1 108,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/52/2"> 606;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/52/4"> it-2 760,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/52/6"> 810;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/52/8"> w05 11/1 13;</a></p> <p id="p55" data-pid="55" class="sx"></p> <p id="p68" data-pid="68" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/66/0">w85 12/1 9-10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/66/2"> w73 262;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/66/4"> w71 272;</a><span class="ni"> w45 121</span></p> <p id="p69" data-pid="69" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="45-3-27" data-section-citation="045003027045003027"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Romans 3:27</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/108" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-109"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 13:38, 39; Eph 2:8, 9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-109" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-109" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="45-3-28" data-section-citation="045003028045003028"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Romans 3:28</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/109" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-110"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 4:4, 5; Ga 2:15, 16; Jas 2:24</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-110" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-110" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p164" data-pid="164" class="se"></p> <div id="p165" data-pid="165"><p data-pid="165" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/180/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="165" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/180/0">2/1/1996, p. 8</a></p> </div><p id="p166" data-pid="166" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p55" data-pid="55" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/53/0">w96 2/1 8;</a></p> <p id="p56" data-pid="56" class="sx"></p> <p id="p69" data-pid="69" class="sx"><span class="ni">g62 8/8 7</span></p> <p id="p70" data-pid="70" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="45-3-29" data-section-citation="045003029045003029"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Romans 3:29</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/110" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-111"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 17:26, 27</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-111" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-111" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/111" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-112"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 10:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-112" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-112" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/112" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-113"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 54:5; Ro 10:12; Ga 3:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-113" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-113" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p166" data-pid="166" class="se"></p> <div id="p167" data-pid="167"><p data-pid="167" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/181/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="167" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204435/181/0">5/8/2001, pp. 20-21</a></p> </div><p id="p168" data-pid="168" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p56" data-pid="56" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270045/54/0">g01 5/8 20-21;</a></p> <p id="p57" data-pid="57" class="sx"></p> <p id="p70" data-pid="70" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/68/0">w78 3/1 17;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/68/2"> w70 735-736;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/68/4"> w61 4</a></p> <p id="p71" data-pid="71" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="45-3-30" data-section-citation="045003030045003030"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Romans 3:30</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/113" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-114"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">De 6:4; 1Co 8:6; Eph 4:6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-114" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-114" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/114" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-115"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 7:18</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-115" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-115" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/115" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-116"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ga 3:8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-116" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-116" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p71" data-pid="71" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020045/69/0">w78 3/1 17</a></p> <p id="p72" data-pid="72" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="45-3-31" data-section-citation="045003031045003031"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Romans 3:31</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/116" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-117"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 5:17; Ro 8:3, 4; 13:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-117" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-117" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div> </div> <div id="studyParallel" class="studyPane tabContent"> <div class="section"> <h3 class="title">Parallel Translations</h3> <div class="helpText">Click a verse number to display parallel Bible verses.</div> <div class="parallel"> <div class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div> <div class="extract"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="studyMarginals" class="studyPane tabContent"> <div class="section marginalsQuotation"><h3 class="title"><span class="sectionIcon"></span><span class="scalableui">Quotation</span></h3><div class="content categorizedMarginal"><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/80/3" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-81-3"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:4</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 51:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-81-3" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-81-3" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/86/3" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-87-3"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:12</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 14:1-3; 53:1-3</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-87-3" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-87-3" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/87/3" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-88-3"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:13</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 5:9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-88-3" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-88-3" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/88/3" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-89-3"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:13</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 140:3</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-89-3" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-89-3" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/89/3" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-90-3"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:14</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 10:7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-90-3" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-90-3" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/90/3" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-91-3"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:15</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Pr 1:16</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-91-3" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-91-3" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/91/3" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-92-3"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:17</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 59:7, 8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-92-3" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-92-3" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/92/3" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-93-3"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:18</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 36:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-93-3" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-93-3" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="section marginalsGeneral"><h3 class="title"><span class="sectionIcon"></span><span class="scalableui">General</span></h3><div class="content categorizedMarginal"><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/77/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-78-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:2</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">De 4:8; Ps 147:19, 20; Ac 7:38; Ro 9:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-78-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-78-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/78/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-79-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:4</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 55:10, 11; Joh 8:26; 2Ti 2:13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-79-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-79-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/79/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-80-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:4</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Nu 23:19; Ps 116:11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-80-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-80-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/81/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-82-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:5</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 18:25</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-82-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-82-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/82/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-83-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:6</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 9:8; 96:13; 98:9; Ac 17:31</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-83-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-83-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/83/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-84-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:8</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Heb 2:2, 3</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-84-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-84-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/84/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-85-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:9</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 3:23; 5:12; Ga 3:22</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-85-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-85-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/85/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-86-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:10</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Pr 20:9; Ec 7:20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-86-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-86-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/89/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-90-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:14</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jas 3:8, 9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-90-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-90-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/93/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-94-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:19</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 2:12; 5:13; Ga 3:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-94-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-94-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/94/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-95-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:20</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 143:2; Ga 2:16; 3:11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-95-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-95-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/95/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-96-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:20</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 7:9, 13; Ga 3:19</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-96-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-96-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/96/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-97-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:21</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 1:16, 17</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-97-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-97-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/97/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-98-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:21</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 53:11; Jer 31:34; Da 9:24</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-98-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-98-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/98/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-99-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:22</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 10:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-99-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-99-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/99/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-100-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:22</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ga 3:28</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-100-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-100-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/100/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-101-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:23</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 51:5; Ec 7:20; Ro 5:12</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-101-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-101-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/101/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-102-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:24</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 5:17</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-102-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-102-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/102/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-103-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:24</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 2:8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-103-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-103-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/103/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-104-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:24</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 20:28; Ro 6:23; 1Ti 2:5, 6; 1Pe 2:24</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-104-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-104-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/104/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-105-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:25</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 53:11; 2Co 5:19; 1Jo 2:1, 2; 4:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-105-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-105-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/105/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-106-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:25</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Le 17:11; Ac 13:39; Eph 1:7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-106-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-106-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/106/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-107-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:26</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 89:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-107-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-107-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/107/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-108-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:26</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 5:18; 1Co 1:30; 1Jo 1:9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-108-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-108-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/108/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-109-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:27</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 13:38, 39; Eph 2:8, 9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-109-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-109-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/109/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-110-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:28</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 4:4, 5; Ga 2:15, 16; Jas 2:24</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-110-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-110-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/110/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-111-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:29</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 17:26, 27</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-111-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-111-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/111/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-112-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:29</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 10:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-112-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-112-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/112/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-113-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:29</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 54:5; Ro 10:12; Ga 3:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-113-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-113-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/113/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-114-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:30</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">De 6:4; 1Co 8:6; Eph 4:6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-114-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-114-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/114/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-115-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:30</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 7:18</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-115-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-115-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/115/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-116-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:30</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ga 3:8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-116-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-116-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/45/3/116/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-117-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Rom. 3:31</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 5:17; Ro 8:3, 4; 13:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-117-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-117-1" 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</a>What, then, is the advantage of the Jew, or what is the benefit of circumcision? </span><span id="v45-3-2-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070149/28085" class="vl vx vp study">2 </a>A great deal in every way. First of all, that they were entrusted with the sacred pronouncements of God.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/77" data-bid="78-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v45-3-3-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070149/28086" class="vl vx vp">3 </a>What, then, is the case? If some lacked faith, will their lack of faith invalidate the faithfulness of God? </span><span id="v45-3-4-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070149/28087" class="vl vx vp study">4 </a>Certainly not! But let God be found true,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/78" data-bid="79-1" class="b">+</a> even if every man be found a liar,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/79" data-bid="80-1" class="b">+</a> just as it is written: “That you might be proved righteous in your words and might win when you are being judged.”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/80" data-bid="81-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v45-3-5-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070149/28088" class="vl vx vp">5 </a>However, if our unrighteousness highlights God’s righteousness, what are we to say? God is not unjust when he expresses his wrath, is he? (I am speaking in human terms.)<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/81" data-bid="82-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v45-3-6-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070149/28089" class="vl vx vp">6 </a>By no means! How, otherwise, will God judge the world?<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/82" data-bid="83-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p15" data-pid="15" class="sb"><span id="v45-3-7-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070149/28090" class="vl vx vp">7 </a>But if by my lie the truth of God has been made more prominent to his glory, why am I also being judged as a sinner? </span><span id="v45-3-8-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070149/28091" class="vl vx vp">8 </a>And why not say, just as some men falsely claim that we say, “Let us do bad things that good things may come”? The judgment against those men is in harmony with justice.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/83" data-bid="84-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p16" data-pid="16" class="sb"><span id="v45-3-9-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070149/28092" class="vl vx vp study">9 </a>What then? Are we in a better position? Not at all! For above we have made the charge that Jews as well as Greeks are all under sin;<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/84" data-bid="85-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v45-3-10-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070149/28093" class="vl vx vp study">10 </a>just as it is written: “There is not a righteous man, not even one;<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/85" data-bid="86-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v45-3-11-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070149/28094" class="vl vx vp">11 </a>there is no one who has any insight; there is no one who searches for God. </span><span id="v45-3-12-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070149/28095" class="vl vx vp">12 </a>All men have turned aside, all of them have become worthless; there is no one who shows kindness, not so much as one.”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/86" data-bid="87-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v45-3-13-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070149/28096" class="vl vx vp">13 </a>“Their throat is an open grave; they have deceived with their tongues.”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/87" data-bid="88-1" class="b">+</a> “Venom of asps is behind their lips.”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/88" data-bid="89-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v45-3-14-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070149/28097" class="vl vp">14 </a>“And their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/89" data-bid="90-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v45-3-15-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070149/28098" class="vl vp">15 </a>“Their feet are swift to shed blood.”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/90" data-bid="91-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v45-3-16-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070149/28099" class="vl vp">16 </a>“Ruin and misery are in their ways, </span><span id="v45-3-17-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070149/28100" class="vl vp">17 </a>and they have not known the way of peace.”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/91" data-bid="92-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v45-3-18-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070149/28101" class="vl vx vp">18 </a>“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/92" data-bid="93-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p17" data-pid="17" class="sb"><span id="v45-3-19-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070149/28102" class="vl vx vp study">19 </a>Now we know that all the things the Law says, it addresses to those under the Law, so that every mouth may be silenced and all the world may become accountable to God for punishment.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/93" data-bid="94-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v45-3-20-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070149/28103" class="vl vx vp study">20 </a>Therefore, no one will be declared righteous before him by works of law,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/94" data-bid="95-1" class="b">+</a> for by law comes the accurate knowledge of sin.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/95" data-bid="96-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p18" data-pid="18" class="sb"><span id="v45-3-21-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070149/28104" class="vl vx vp">21 </a>But now apart from law God’s righteousness has been revealed,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/96" data-bid="97-1" class="b">+</a> as the Law and the Prophets bear witness,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/97" data-bid="98-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v45-3-22-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070149/28105" class="vl vx vp">22 </a>yes, God’s righteousness through the faith in Jesus Christ, for all those having faith.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/98" data-bid="99-1" class="b">+</a> For there is no distinction.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/99" data-bid="100-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v45-3-23-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070149/28106" class="vl vx vp study">23 </a>For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/100" data-bid="101-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v45-3-24-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070149/28107" class="vl vx vp study">24 </a>and it is as a free gift<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/101" data-bid="102-1" class="b">+</a> that they are being declared righteous by his undeserved kindness<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/102" data-bid="103-1" class="b">+</a> through the release by the ransom paid by Christ Jesus.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/103" data-bid="104-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v45-3-25-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070149/28108" class="vl vx vp study">25 </a>God presented him as an offering for propitiation<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/104" data-bid="105-1" class="b">+</a> through faith in his blood.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/105" data-bid="106-1" class="b">+</a> This was to demonstrate his own righteousness, because God in his forbearance was forgiving the sins that occurred in the past. </span><span id="v45-3-26-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070149/28109" class="vl vx vp">26 </a>This was to demonstrate his own righteousness<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/106" data-bid="107-1" class="b">+</a> in this present season, so that he might be righteous even when declaring righteous the man who has faith in Jesus.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/107" data-bid="108-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p19" data-pid="19" class="sb"><span id="v45-3-27-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070149/28110" class="vl vp">27 </a>Where, then, is the boasting? There is no place for it. Through what law? That of works?<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/108" data-bid="109-1" class="b">+</a> No indeed, but through the law of faith. </span><span id="v45-3-28-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070149/28111" class="vl vx vp">28 </a>For we consider that a man is declared righteous by faith apart from works of law.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/109" data-bid="110-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v45-3-29-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070149/28112" class="vl vx vp">29 </a>Or is he the God of the Jews only?<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/110" data-bid="111-1" class="b">+</a> Is he not also the God of people of the nations?<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/111" data-bid="112-1" class="b">+</a> Yes, also of people of the nations.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/112" data-bid="113-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v45-3-30-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070149/28113" class="vl vx vp">30 </a>Since God is one,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/113" data-bid="114-1" class="b">+</a> he will declare circumcised people righteous<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/114" data-bid="115-1" class="b">+</a> as a result of faith and uncircumcised people righteous<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070149/115" data-bid="116-1" class="b">+</a> by means of their faith. </span><span id="v45-3-31-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070149/28114" class="vl vp">31 </a>Do we, then, abolish law by means of our faith? 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