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Or<MG2228> what<MG5101> is the benefit<MG5622> of circumcision<MG4061>? <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Great<MG4183> in every<MG3956> respect<MG5158>. First<MG4413>, that they were entrusted<MG4100> with the actual<MG3051> words<MG3051> of God<MG2316>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>What<MG5101> then<MG1063>? If<MG1487> some<MG5100> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>did not<MG569> believe<MG569>, their <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>unbelief<MG570> will not nullify<MG2673> the faithfulness<MG4102> of God<MG2316>, will it? <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>Far<MG3361> from<MG3361> it! Rather<MG1161>, God<MG2316> must prove<MG1096> to<MG1096> be<MG1096> true<MG227>, though<MG1161> every<MG3956> person<MG444> <i>be found</i> a liar<MG5583>, as it is written<MG1125>: <p class="indent1stline">“SO<MG3704> THAT<MG3704> YOU ARE JUSTIFIED<MG1344> IN YOUR WORDS<MG3056>, <t><p class="indent1">AND PREVAIL<MG3528> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>WHEN<MG1722> YOU ARE JUDGED<MG2919>.” <A><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But if<MG1487> our unrighteousness<MG93> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>demonstrates<MG4921> the righteousness<MG1343> of God<MG2316>, what<MG5101> shall we say<MG3004>? The God<MG2316> who inflicts<MG2018> wrath<MG3709> is not unrighteous<MG94>, is He? (I am speaking<MG3004> from<MG2596> a<MG2596> human<MG444> viewpoint<MG2596>.) <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Far<MG3361> from<MG3361> it! For <i>otherwise,</i> how<MG4459> will God<MG2316> judge<MG2919> the world<MG2889>? <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But if<MG1487> through<MG1722> my lie<MG5582> the truth<MG225> of God<MG2316> abounded<MG4052> to His glory<MG1391>, why<MG5101> am I also<MG2532> still<MG2089> being judged<MG2919> as a sinner<MG268>? <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And <i>why</i> not <i>say</i> (just<MG2531a> as<MG2531a> we are slanderously<MG987> reported<MG987> and as some<MG5100> claim<MG5346> that we say<MG3004>), “Let’s do<MG4160> evil<MG2556> that good<MG18> may come<MG2064> <i>of it</i>”? <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>Their condemnation<MG2917> is deserved<MG1738>. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>What<MG5101> then<MG3767>? <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[h]</a></span>Are we better<MG4284> <i>than they?</i> Not at all<MG3843>; for we have already<MG4256> charged<MG4256> that both<MG5037> Jews<MG2453> and Greeks<MG1672> are all<MG3956> under<MG5259> sin<MG266>; <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>as it is written<MG1125>: <p class="indent1stline">“THERE IS NO<MG3756> RIGHTEOUS<MG1342> PERSON<MG1342>, NOT EVEN<MG3761> ONE<MG1520>; <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>THERE IS NO<MG3756> ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS<MG4920>, <t><p class="indent1">THERE IS NO<MG3756> ONE WHO SEEKS<MG1567a> OUT<MG1567a> GOD<MG2316>; <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>THEY HAVE ALL<MG3956> TURNED<MG1578> ASIDE<MG1578>, TOGETHER<MG260> THEY HAVE BECOME<MG889> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[i]</a></span>CORRUPT<MG889>; <t><p class="indent1">THERE IS NO<MG3756> ONE WHO DOES<MG4160> GOOD<MG5544>, <t><p class="indent1">THERE IS NOT EVEN<MG2193> ONE<MG1520>.” <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“THEIR THROAT<MG2995> IS AN OPEN<MG455> GRAVE<MG5028>, <t><p class="indent1">WITH THEIR TONGUES<MG1100> THEY KEEP DECEIVING<MG1387>,” <t><p class="indent1">“THE VENOM<MG2447> OF <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[j]</a></span>ASPS<MG785> IS UNDER<MG5259> THEIR LIPS<MG5491>”; <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“THEIR<MG3739> MOUTH<MG4750> IS FULL<MG1073> OF CURSING<MG685> AND BITTERNESS<MG4088>”; <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“THEIR FEET<MG4228> ARE SWIFT<MG3691> TO SHED<MG1632a> BLOOD<MG129>, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>DESTRUCTION<MG4938> AND MISERY<MG5004> ARE IN THEIR PATHS<MG3598>, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>AND THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN<MG1097> THE WAY<MG3598> OF PEACE<MG1515>.” <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“THERE IS NO<MG3756> FEAR<MG5401> OF GOD<MG2316> BEFORE<MG561> THEIR EYES<MG3788>.” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Now<MG1161> we know<MG3609a> that whatever<MG3745> the Law<MG3551> says<MG3004>, it speaks<MG2980> to those<MG3588> who are <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[k]</a></span>under<MG1722> the Law<MG3551>, so<MG2443> that<MG2443> every<MG3956> mouth<MG4750> may be closed<MG5420> and all<MG3956> the world<MG2889> may become<MG1096> accountable<MG5267> to God<MG2316>; <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>because<MG1360> by the works<MG2041> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[l]</a></span>of the Law<MG3551> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[m]</a></span>none<MG3756, 3956> of mankind<MG4561> will be justified<MG1344> in<MG1799> His sight<MG1799>; for <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[n]</a></span>through<MG1223> the Law<MG3551> <i>comes</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[o]</a></span>knowledge<MG1922> of sin<MG266>. <p class="hdg">Justification by Faith</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But now<MG3570> apart<MG5565> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[p]</a></span>from the Law<MG3551> <i>the</i> righteousness<MG1343> of God<MG2316> has been revealed<MG5319>, being witnessed<MG3140> by the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[q]</a></span>Law<MG3551> and the Prophets<MG4396>, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>but <i>it is the</i> righteousness<MG1343> of God<MG2316> through<MG1223> faith<MG4102> in Jesus<MG2424> Christ<MG5547> for all<MG3956> those<MG3588> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[r]</a></span>who believe<MG4100>; for there is no<MG3756> distinction<MG1293>, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>for all<MG3956> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[s]</a></span>have sinned<MG264> and fall<MG5302> short<MG5302> of the glory<MG1391> of God<MG2316>, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>being justified<MG1344> as a gift<MG1432> by His grace<MG5485> through<MG1223> the redemption<MG629> which is in Christ<MG5547> Jesus<MG2424>, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>whom<MG3739> God<MG2316> displayed<MG4388> publicly<MG4388> as a <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[t]</a></span>propitiation<MG2435> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[u]</a></span>in His blood<MG129> through<MG1223> faith<MG4102>. <i>This was</i> to demonstrate<MG1731> His righteousness<MG1343>, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[v]</a></span>because<MG1223> in God’s<MG2316> <i>merciful</i> restraint<MG463> He let<MG3929> the sins<MG265> previously<MG4266> committed<MG4266> go<MG3929> unpunished<MG3929>; <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>for the demonstration<MG1732>, <i>that is,</i> of His righteousness<MG1343> at the present<MG3568> time<MG2540>, so<MG1519> that<MG1519> He would be just<MG1342> and the justifier<MG1344> of the one who <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[w]</a></span>has faith<MG4102> in Jesus<MG2424>. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Where<MG4226> then<MG3767> is boasting<MG2746a>? It has been excluded<MG1576>. By what<MG4169> kind<MG4169> of law<MG3551>? Of works<MG2041>? No<MG3780>, but by a law<MG3551> of faith<MG4102>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[x]</a></span>For we maintain<MG3049> that a person<MG444> is justified<MG1344> by faith<MG4102> apart<MG5565> from works<MG2041> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[y]</a></span>of the Law<MG3551>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Or<MG2228> is God<MG2316> <i>the God</i> of Jews<MG2453> only<MG3440>? Is He not <i>the God</i> of Gentiles<MG1484> also<MG2532>? Yes<MG3483a>, of Gentiles<MG1484> also<MG2532>, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>since<MG1512> indeed<MG1512> God<MG2316> who<MG3739> will justify<MG1344> the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[z]</a></span>circumcised<MG4061> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[aa]</a></span>by faith<MG4102> and the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[ab]</a></span>uncircumcised<MG203> through<MG1223> faith<MG4102> is one<MG1520>. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/3-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Do we then<MG3767> nullify<MG2673> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[ac]</a></span>the Law<MG3551> through<MG1223> faith<MG4102>? Far<MG3361> from<MG3361> it! On the contrary<MG235>, we establish<MG2476> the Law<MG3551>.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>is the advantage of the Jew</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Or <i>were unfaithful</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Or <i>unfaithfulness</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>May it never happen!</i> And so throughout the ch<br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> Or <i>in Your judging</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> I.e., by requiring His judgment<br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> Lit <i>Whose</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[h]</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Or <i>Are we worse</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[i]</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> Or <i>depraved</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[j]</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> I.e., venomous snakes<br><span class="footnotesbot">[k]</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> Lit <i>in</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[l]</span> <span class="fnverse">20</span> Or <i>of law</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[m]</span> <span class="fnverse">20</span> Lit <i>no flesh</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[n]</span> <span class="fnverse">20</span> Or <i>through law</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[o]</span> <span class="fnverse">20</span> Or <i>recognition</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[p]</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> Or <i>from law</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[q]</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> I.e., the Old Testament<br><span class="footnotesbot">[r]</span> <span class="fnverse">22</span> Or <i>who believe. For there is</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[s]</span> <span class="fnverse">23</span> Or <i>sinned</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[t]</span> <span class="fnverse">25</span> I.e., a means of reconciliation between God and mankind by paying the penalty for sin<br><span class="footnotesbot">[u]</span> <span class="fnverse">25</span> Or <i>by</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[v]</span> <span class="fnverse">25</span> Lit <i>because of the passing over of the sins previously committed, in the restraint of God</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[w]</span> <span class="fnverse">26</span> Lit <i>is of the faith of Jesus</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[x]</span> <span class="fnverse">28</span> One early ms <i>Therefore</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[y]</span> <span class="fnverse">28</span> Or <i>of law</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[z]</span> <span class="fnverse">30</span> Lit <i>circumcision</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[aa]</span> <span class="fnverse">30</span> Lit <i>out of</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[ab]</span> <span class="fnverse">30</span> Lit <i>uncircumcision</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[ac]</span> <span class="fnverse">31</span> Or <i>law</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible<br>Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020<br>by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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