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Romans 3

Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB

1 What advantage then has the Jew? or what profit <em>is there</em> of circumcision?

2 Much in every way: first, certainly, that the oracles of God have been entrusted unto them.

3 For what if some of them did not believe? Shall their unbelief have made the truth of God without effect?

4 No, in no wise: for God is true, and every man a liar; as it is written, That thou might be justified in thy words and might overcome when thou dost judge.

5 And if our iniquity commends the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Shall <em>for this reason</em> God be unjust who sends punishment? (I speak as a man.)

6 No, in no wise: for then how shall God judge the world?

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

8 And why not say (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), Let us do evil, that good may come? The condemnation of whom is just.

9 What then? Are we better <em>than they</em>? No, in no wise; for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles that they are all under sin;

10 as it is written, There is no one righteous, no, not one;

11 there is no one that understands; there is no one that seeks after God.

12 They are all gone out of the way; they are together become unprofitable; there is no one that does good, no, not one.

13 Their throat <em>is</em> an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps <em>is</em> under their lips,

14 whose mouth <em>is</em> full of cursing and bitterness;

15 their feet <em>are</em> swift to shed blood;

16 destruction and misery <em>are</em> in their ways,

17 and the way of peace they have not known;

18 there is no fear of God before their eyes.

19 Now we know that all that the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may submit themselves unto God.

20 For by the deeds of the law, no flesh shall be justified in his sight; for by the law <em>is</em> the knowledge of sin.

21 But now, without the law, the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets:

22 the righteousness, that is, of God by the faith of Jesus, the Christ, for all and upon all those that believe in him, for there is no difference;

23 for all have sinned and are made destitute of the glory of God,

24 <em>being</em> justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Jesus, the Christ,

25 whom God purposed for reconciliation through faith in his blood for the manifestation of his righteousness, for the remission of sins that are past, by the patience of God,

26 manifesting in this time his righteousness that he <em>only</em> be the just <em>one</em> and the justifier of him that is of the faith of Jesus.

27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? No, but by <em>the</em> law of faith.

28 Therefore, we conclude that <em>a</em> man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

29 <em>Is he</em> the God of the Jews only? <em>Is he</em> not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also,

30 seeing <em>it is</em> one God who shall justify the circumcision by faith and <em>the</em> uncircumcision by faith.

31 Do we then make void the law through faith? No, in no wise; to the contrary, we establish the law.

New International Version NIV

1 What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision?

2 Much in every way! First of all, the Jews have been entrusted with the very words of God.

3 What if some were unfaithful? Will their unfaithfulness nullify God’s faithfulness?

4 Not at all! Let God be true, and every human being a liar. As it is written: “So that you may be proved right when you speak and prevail when you judge.”

5 But if our unrighteousness brings out God’s righteousness more clearly, what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.)

6 Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?

7 Someone might argue, “If my falsehood enhances God’s truthfulness and so increases his glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?”

8 Why not say—as some slanderously claim that we say—“Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is just!

9 What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage? Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin.

10 As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one;

11 there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God.

12 All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”

13 “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.”“The poison of vipers is on their lips.”

14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”

15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;

16 ruin and misery mark their ways,

17 and the way of peace they do not know.”

18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

20 Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.

21 But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify.

22 This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile,

23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.

25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished—

26 he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.

27 Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith.

28 For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,

30 since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.

31 Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.