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Romans 3

Third Millennium Bible TMB

1 What advantage then hath the Jew? Or what profit is there in circumcision?

2 Much in every way; chiefly because unto them were committed the oracles of God.

3 For what if some did not believe? Shall their unbelief make the faithfulness of God without effect?

4 God forbid! Yea, let God be true, but every man a liar. As it is written: "That Thou mightest be justified in Thy sayings, and mightest overcome when Thou art judged."

5 But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man.)

6 God forbid! For then how shall God judge the world?

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

8 And why not say rather (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), "Let us do evil, that good may come"? Their damnation is just!

9 What then? Are we better than they? No, in no wise! For we have before proved that both Jews and Gentiles are all under sin.

10 As it is written: "There is none righteous, no, not one;

11 there is none that understandeth; there is none that seeketh after God.

12 They have all gone from the way; they have together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one."

13 "Their throat is an open sepulcher; with their tongues they have used deceit." "The poison of asps is under their lips,"

14 "whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness."

15 "Their feet are swift to shed blood;

16 destruction and misery are in their ways,

17 and the way of peace have they not known."

18 "There is no fear of God before their eyes."

19 Now we know that whatsoever things the law saith, it saith to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may become guilty before God.

20 Therefore by the deeds of the law, no flesh shall be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

21 But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets,

22 even the righteousness of God, which is by faith of Jesus Christ, unto all and upon all those who believe. For there is no difference,

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

24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

25 Him God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

26 to declare, I say, at this time, His righteousness: that He might be just, and the justifier of him that believeth in Jesus.

27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? Nay, but by the law of faith.

28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law.

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

30 seeing it is one God who shall justify the Circumcision by faith, and Uncircumcision through faith.

31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid! Yea, we establish the law.

GOD'S WORD Translation GW

1 Is there any advantage, then, in being a Jew? Or is there any value in being circumcised?

2 There are all kinds of advantages. First of all, God entrusted them with his word.

3 What if some of them were unfaithful? Can their unfaithfulness cancel God's faithfulness?

4 That would be unthinkable! God is honest, and everyone else is a liar, as Scripture says, "So you hand down justice when you speak, and you win your case in court."

5 But if what we do wrong shows that God is fair, what should we say? Is God unfair when he vents his anger on us? (I'm arguing the way humans would.)

6 That's unthinkable! Otherwise, how would God be able to judge the world?

7 If my lie increases the glory that God receives by showing that God is truthful, why am I still judged as a sinner?

8 Or can we say, "Let's do evil so that good will come from it"? Some slander us and claim that this is what we say. They are condemned, and that's what they deserve.

9 What, then, is the situation? Do we have any advantage? Not at all. We have already accused everyone (both Jews and Greeks) of being under the power of sin,

10 as Scripture says, "Not one person has God's approval.

11 No one understands. No one searches for God.

12 Everyone has turned away. Together they have become rotten to the core. No one does anything good, not even one person.

13 Their throats are open graves. Their tongues practice deception. Their lips hide the venom of poisonous snakes.

14 Their mouths are full of curses and bitter resentment.

15 They run quickly to murder people.

16 There is ruin and suffering wherever they go.

17 They have not learned to live in peace.

18 They are not terrified of God."

19 We know that whatever is in Moses' Teachings applies to everyone under their influence, and no one can say a thing. The whole world is brought under the judgment of God.

20 Not one person can have God's approval by following Moses' Teachings. Moses' Teachings show what sin is.

21 Now, the way to receive God's approval has been made plain in a way other than Moses' Teachings. Moses' Teachings and the Prophets tell us this.

22 Everyone who believes has God's approval through faith in Jesus Christ. There is no difference between people.

23 Because all people have sinned, they have fallen short of God's glory.

24 They receive God's approval freely by an act of his kindness through the price Christ Jesus paid to set us free [from sin].

25 God showed that Christ is the throne of mercy where God's approval is given through faith in Christ's blood. In his patience God waited to deal with sins committed in the past.

26 He waited so that he could display his approval at the present time. This shows that he is a God of justice, a God who approves of people who believe in Jesus.

27 So, do we have anything to brag about? Bragging has been eliminated. On what basis was it eliminated? On the basis of our own efforts? No, indeed! Rather, it is eliminated on the basis of faith.

28 We conclude that a person has God's approval by faith, not by his own efforts.

29 Is God only the God of the Jews? Isn't he also the God of people who are not Jewish? Certainly, he is,

30 since it is the same God who approves circumcised people by faith and uncircumcised people through this same faith.

31 Are we abolishing Moses' Teachings by this faith? That's unthinkable! Rather, we are supporting Moses' Teachings.