Romans 3

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Objections answered

How then is the Jew better off? or what profit is there in circumcision? Then what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the profit of circumcision?
Much in every way: first of all because the words of God were given to them. Much in every way! Because first of all, they were entrusted with the oracles of God.
And if some have no faith, will that make the faith of God without effect? For what if some were without faith? Will their lack of faith nullify the faithfulness of God?
In no way: but let God be true, though every man is seen to be untrue; as it is said in the Writings, That your words may be seen to be true, and you may be seen to be right when you are judged. May it never be! Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar. As it is written, “That you might be justified in your words, and might prevail when you come into judgment.”
But if the righteousness of God is supported by our wrongdoing what is to be said? is it wrong for God to be angry (as men may say)? But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak like men do.
In no way: because if it is so, how is God able to be the judge of all the world? May it never be! For then how will God judge the world?
But if, because I am untrue, God being seen to be true gets more glory, why am I to be judged as a sinner? For if the truth of God through my lie abounded to his glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?
Let us not do evil so that good may come (a statement which we are falsely said by some to have made), because such behaviour will have its right punishment. Why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), “Let us do evil, that good may come?” Those who say so are justly condemned.

All man are sinners

What then? are we worse off than they? In no way: because we have before made it clear that Jews as well as Greeks are all under the power of sin; What then? Are we better than they? No, in no way. For we previously warned both Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin.
As it is said in the holy Writings, There is not one who does righteousness; As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one.
Not one who has the knowledge of what is right, not one who is a searcher after God; There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God.
They have all gone out of the way, there is no profit in any of them; there is not one who does good, not so much as one: They have all turned aside. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one who does good, no, not, so much as one.”
Their throat is like an open place of death; with their tongues they have said what is not true: the poison of snakes is under their lips: “Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit.” “The poison of vipers is under their lips;”
Whose mouth is full of curses and bitter words: “whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”
Their feet are quick in running after blood; “Their feet are swift to shed blood.
Destruction and trouble are in their ways; Destruction and misery are in their ways.
And of the way of peace they have no knowledge: The way of peace, they haven’t known.”
There is no fear of God before their eyes. “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

Both Jews and Gentiles cannot be judged upright by their own deeds

Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God: Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.
Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin. Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

It is owing to the free mercy and favour of God, through faith in the righteousness of Christ, yet the law is not done away

But now without the law there is a revelation of the righteousness of God, to which witness is given by the law and the prophets; But now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified by the law and the prophets;
That is, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, to all those who have faith; and one man is not different from another, even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all those who believe. For there is no distinction,
For all have done wrong and are far from the glory of God; for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
And they may have righteousness put to their credit, freely, by his grace, through the salvation which is in Christ Jesus: being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;
Whom God has put forward as the sign of his mercy, through faith, by his blood, to make clear his righteousness when, in his pity, God let the sins of earlier times go without punishment; whom God set forth to be an atoning sacrifice, through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God’s forbearance;
And to make clear his righteousness now, so that he might himself be upright, and give righteousness to him who has faith in Jesus. to demonstrate his righteousness at this present time; that he might himself be just, and the justifier of him who has faith in Jesus.
What reason, then, is there for pride? It is shut out. By what sort of law? of works? No, but by a law of faith. Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.
For this reason, then, a man may get righteousness by faith without the works of the law. We maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.
Or is God the God of Jews only? is he not in the same way the God of Gentiles? Yes, of Gentiles: Or is God the God of Jews only? Isn’t he the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,
If God is one; and he will give righteousness because of faith to those who have circumcision, and through faith to those who have not circumcision. since indeed there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith, and the uncircumcised through faith.
Do we, then, through faith make the law of no effect? in no way: but we make it clear that the law is important. Do we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be! No, we establish the law.
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