Romans 3

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

What, then, is the preeminence of the Jew? Or what, the profit of his circumcision?

2 Much every way. First indeed, because the words of God were committed to them.

Much, every way: —First, indeed, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God.

3 For what if some of them have not believed? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? God forbid.

For what? If some distrusted, shall their distrust make, the trust of God, void?

4 But God is true; and every man a liar, as it is written, That thou mayest be justified in thy words, and mayest overcome when thou art judged.

Far be it! But let, God, prove to be, true, albeit, every man, be false! Even as it is written—That thou mightest be declared righteous in thy words, and overcome when thou art in judgment.

5 But if our injustice commend the justice of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust, who executeth wrath?

But, if, our unrighteousness, commendeth, God’s righteousness, what shall we say? Surely, not unrighteous, is God who visiteth with his anger? After the manner of men, I am speaking, —

6 (I speak according to man.) God forbid: otherwise how shall God judge this world?

Far be it! Else how shall God judge the world?

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

But, if, the truth of God, by my falsehood, hath the more abounded unto his glory, why, any longer, am, even I, as a sinner, to be judged?

8 And not rather (as we are slandered, and as some affirm that we say) let us do evil, that there may come good? whose damnation is just.

And why not, according as we are injuriously charged, [and] according as some affirm that we say, Let us do the bad things, that the good ones may come? whose sentence is, just.

9 What then? Do we excel them? No, not so. For we have charged both Jews, and Greeks, that they are all under sin.

What then? do we screen ourselves? Not at all! For we have before accused both Jews and Greeks of being, all under sin;

10 As it is written: There is not any man just.

Even as it is written—there is none righteous, not even one,

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

There is none that discerneth, There is none that seeketh out God:

12 All have turned out of the way; they are become unprofitable together: there is none that doth good, there is not so much as one.

All, have turned aside, together, have become useless, There is none that doeth kindness, not so much as one:

13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have dealt deceitfully. The venom of asps is under their lips.

A sepulchre opened, is their throat, with their tongues, have they used deceit, the poison of asps, is under their lips,

14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

Whose mouth, of cursing and bitterness, is full,

15 Their feet swift to shed blood:

Swift, are their feet to shed blood;

16 Destruction and misery in their ways:

Destruction and misery, are in their ways,

17 And the way of peace they have not known:

And, the way of peace, have they not known:

18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.

There is no fear of God before their eyes.

19 Now we know, that what things soever the law speaketh, it speaketh to them that are in the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be made subject to God.

Now we know that, whatsoever things the law saith, to them who are within the law, it speaketh, in order that, every mouth, may be stopped and all the world come, under penal sentence, unto God.

20 Because by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified before him. For by the law is the knowledge of sin.

Inasmuch as, by works of law, shall no flesh be declared righteous before him, —through law, in fact, is discovery of sin.

21 But now without the law the justice of God is made manifest, being witnessed by the law and the prophets.

But now, apart from law, a righteousness of God hath been manifested, borne witness to by the law and the prophets, —

22 Even the justice of God, by faith of Jesus Christ, unto all and upon all them that believe in him: for there is no distinction:

A righteousness of God, through faith in [Jesus] Christ, unto all that have faith; for there is no distinction, —

23 For all have sinned, and do need the glory of God.

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

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

Being declared righteous freely by his favour through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: —

25 Whom God hath proposed to be a propitiation, through faith in his blood, to the shewing of his justice, for the remission of former sins,

Whom God hath set forth as a propitiatory covering, through faith in his blood, for a showing forth of his righteousness, by reason of the passing-by of the previously committed sins,

26 Through the forbearance of God, for the shewing of his justice in this time; that he himself may be just, and the justifier of him, who is of the faith of Jesus Christ.

In the forbearance of God, —with a view to a showing forth of his righteousness in the present season, that he might be righteous even when declaring righteous him that hath faith in Jesus.

27 Where is then thy boasting? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith.

Where, then, the boasting! It is excluded. Through what kind of law? Of works? Nay! but through a law of faith:

28 For we account a man to be justified by faith, without the works of the law.

For we reckon that a man is to be declared righteous by faith, apart from works of law.

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

Or, [is God] the God, of Jews only, and not of the nations also? Yea! of the nations also: —

30 For it is one God, that justifieth circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

If, at all events, God is one, who will declare righteous—the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through their faith.

31 Do we, then, destroy the law through faith? God forbid: but we establish the law.

Do we then make, law, void through means of our faith? Far be it! On the contrary, law, we do establish!