Romans 3

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Romans 3

All the World Guilty

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1} Then what ^(a)advantage has the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision? ^{Tools
2} Great in every respect. First of all, that ^(A)they were entrusted with the ^(B)oracles of God. ^{Tools
3} What then? If ^(C)some ^(b)did not believe, their ^(c)unbelief will not nullify the faithfulness of God, will it? ^{Tools
4} ^(D)May it never be! Rather, let God be found true, though every man be found ^(E)a liar, as it is written,

“^(F)That You may be justified in Your words,
And prevail when You ^(d)are judged.”

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5} But if our unrighteousness ^(e)^(G)demonstrates the righteousness of God, ^(H)what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is He? (^(I)I am speaking in human terms.) ^{Tools
6} ^(J)May it never be! For otherwise, how will ^(K)God judge the world? ^{Tools
7} But if through my lie ^(L)the truth of God abounded to His glory, ^(M)why am I also still being judged as a sinner? ^{Tools
8} And why not say (as we are slanderously reported and as some claim that we say), “^(N)Let us do evil that good may come”? ^(f)Their condemnation is just.

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9} What then? ^(g)^(O)Are we better than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that both ^(P)Jews and ^(Q)Greeks are ^(R)all under sin; ^{Tools
10} as it is written,

“^(S)There is none righteous, not even one;

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There is none who understands,
There is none who seeks for God;

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All have turned aside, together they have become useless;
There is none who does good,
There is not even one.”

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“^(T)Their throat is an open grave,
With their tongues they keep deceiving,”
“^(U)The poison of asps is under their lips”;

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“^(V)Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness”;

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“^(W)Their feet are swift to shed blood,

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Destruction and misery are in their paths,

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And the path of peace they have not known.”

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“^(X)There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

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19} Now we know that whatever the ^(Y)Law says, it speaks to ^(Z)those who are ^(h)under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and ^(AA)all the world may become accountable to God; ^{Tools
20} because ^(AB)by the works ⁽ⁱ⁾of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for ^(j)^(AC)through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.

Justification by Faith

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21} But now apart ^(k)from the Law ^(AD)the righteousness of God has been manifested, being ^(AE)witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, ^{Tools
22} even the ^(AF)righteousness of God through ^(AG)faith ^(AH)in Jesus Christ for ^(AI)all those ^(l)who believe; for ^(AJ)there is no distinction; ^{Tools
23} for all ^(m)^(AK)have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, ^{Tools
24} being justified as a gift ^(AL)by His grace through ^(AM)the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; ^{Tools
25} whom God displayed publicly as ^(AN)a ⁽ⁿ⁾propitiation ^(o)^(AO)in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, ^(p)because in the ^(AP)forbearance of God He ^(AQ)passed over the sins previously committed; ^{Tools
26} for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who ^(q)has faith in Jesus.

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27} Where then is ^(AR)boasting? It is excluded. By ^(AS)what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith. ^{Tools
28} ^(r)For ^(AT)we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works ^(s)of the Law. ^{Tools
29} Or ^(AU)is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, ^{Tools
30} since indeed ^(AV)God ^(AW)who will justify the ^(t)circumcised ^(u)by faith and the ^(v)uncircumcised through faith ^(AX)is one.

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31} Do we then nullify ^(w)the Law through faith? ^(AY)May it never be! On the contrary, we ^(AZ)establish the Law.

Footnotes:

a. Romans 3:1: ['Lit ', is the advantage of the Jew]

b. Romans 3:3: ['Or ', were unfaithful]

c. Romans 3:3: ['Or ', unfaithfulness]

d. Romans 3:4: ['Lit ', in Your judging]

e. Romans 3:5: ['Or ', commends]

f. Romans 3:8: ['Lit ', Whose]

g. Romans 3:9: ['Or ', Are we worse]

h. Romans 3:19: ['Lit ', in]

i. Romans 3:20: ['Or ', of law]

j. Romans 3:20: ['Or ', through law]

k. Romans 3:21: ['Or ', from law]

l. Romans 3:22: ['Or ', who believe. For there is no distinction, since they all have sinned...and are being justified]

m. Romans 3:23: ['Or ', sinned]

n. Romans 3:25: ['Or ', a propitiatory sacrifice]

o. Romans 3:25: ['Or ', by]

p. Romans 3:25: ['Lit ', because of the passing over of the sins previously committed in the forbearance of God]

q. Romans 3:26: ['Lit ', is of the faith of Jesus]

r. Romans 3:28: ['One early ms reads ', Therefore]

s. Romans 3:28: ['Or ', of law]

t. Romans 3:30: ['Lit ', circumcision]

u. Romans 3:30: ['Lit ', out of]

v. Romans 3:30: ['Lit ', uncircumcision]

w. Romans 3:31: ['Or ', law]

Cross references:

A. Romans 3:2: Deuteronomy 4:8; Psalm 147:19; Romans 9:4

B. Romans 3:2: Acts 7:38

C. Romans 3:3: Romans 10:16; Hebrews 4:2

D. Romans 3:4: Luke 20:16; Romans 3:6; Romans 3:31

E. Romans 3:4: Psalm 116:11; Romans 3:7

F. Romans 3:4: Psalm 51:4

G. Romans 3:5: Romans 5:8; 2 Corinthians 6:4; 2 Corinthians 7:11

H. Romans 3:5: Romans 4:1; Romans 7:7; Romans 8:31; Romans 9:14; Romans 9:30

I. Romans 3:5: Romans 6:19; 1 Corinthians 9:8; 1 Corinthians 15:32; Galatians 3:15

J. Romans 3:6: Luke 20:16; Romans 3:4; Romans 3:31

K. Romans 3:6: Romans 2:16

L. Romans 3:7: Romans 3:4

M. Romans 3:7: Romans 9:19

N. Romans 3:8: Romans 6:1

O. Romans 3:9: Romans 3:1

P. Romans 3:9: Romans 2:1-29

Q. Romans 3:9: Romans 1:18-32

R. Romans 3:9: Romans 3:19; Romans 3:23; Romans 11:32; Galatians 3:22

S. Romans 3:10: Psalm 14:1-3; Psalm 53:1-3

T. Romans 3:13: Psalm 5:9

U. Romans 3:13: Psalm 140:3

V. Romans 3:14: Psalm 10:7

X. Romans 3:18: Psalm 36:1

Y. Romans 3:19: John 10:34

Z. Romans 3:19: Romans 2:12

AA. Romans 3:19: Romans 3:9

AB. Romans 3:20: Psalm 143:2; Acts 13:39; Galatians 2:16

AC. Romans 3:20: Romans 4:15; Romans 5:13; Romans 5:20; Romans 7:7

AD. Romans 3:21: Romans 1:17; Romans 9:30

AE. Romans 3:21: Acts 10:43; Romans 1:2

AF. Romans 3:22: Romans 1:17; Romans 9:30

AG. Romans 3:22: Romans 4:5

AH. Romans 3:22: Acts 3:16; Galatians 2:16; Galatians 2:20; Galatians 3:22; Ephesians 3:12

AI. Romans 3:22: Romans 4:11; Romans 4:16; Romans 10:4

AJ. Romans 3:22: Romans 10:12; Galatians 3:28; Colossians 3:11

AK. Romans 3:23: Romans 3:9

AL. Romans 3:24: Ephesians 2:8

AM. Romans 3:24: 1 Corinthians 1:30; Ephesians 1:7; Colossians 1:14; Hebrews 9:15

AN. Romans 3:25: 1 John 2:2; 1 John 4:10

AO. Romans 3:25: 1 Corinthians 5:7; Hebrews 9:14; Hebrews 9:28; 1 Peter 1:19; Revelation 1:5

AP. Romans 3:25: Romans 2:4

AQ. Romans 3:25: Acts 14:16; Acts 17:30

AR. Romans 3:27: Romans 2:17; Romans 2:23; Romans 4:2

AS. Romans 3:27: Romans 9:31

AT. Romans 3:28: Acts 13:39; Romans 3:20; Romans 3:21; Ephesians 2:9; James 2:20; James 2:24; James 2:26

AU. Romans 3:29: Romans 9:24; Romans 10:12; Romans 15:9; Galatians 3:28

AV. Romans 3:30: Romans 10:12; Galatians 3:20

AW. Romans 3:30: Romans 3:22; Romans 3:16; Galatians 3:8

AX. Romans 3:30: Deuteronomy 6:4

AY. Romans 3:31: Luke 20:16; Romans 3:4

AZ. Romans 3:31: Matthew 5:17; Romans 3:4; Romans 3:6; Romans 8:4