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Romans

Chapter 3

1And so, what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the benefit of circumcision? 2Much in every way! First of all, the Jews1581 were entrusted with the oracles of God! 3But what if some were without faith? Will their lack of faith nullify the faithfulness of God? 4May 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.1582

5But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous if he inflicts wrath?1583 (I speak as people do!) 6May it never be! For then, how will God judge the world? 7For if through my lie the truth of God overflowed to his [own] glory, why am I still judged as a sinner? 8Why not (as we are slanderously reported and as some affirm that we say), “Let us do evil, so that good may come?” Those who say so are justly condemned. 9What then? Are we better than they? No, by no means! For we previously warned both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin. 10As it is written,

There is no one righteous; no, not one.

11There is no one who understands.

12There is no one who seeks God.

They have all turned aside.

They have together become worthless.

There is no one who does good, no, not so much as one.1584

13Their throat is an open grave,

With their tongues they have used deceit.1585

The poison of vipers is under their lips;1586

14Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.1587

15Their feet are swift to shed blood.

16Destruction and misery are in their paths.

17The way of peace, they have not known.1588

18There is no fear of God before their eyes.1589

The righteousness of God—Faith and the works of the Law

19Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be closed, and so that the whole world may be brought under the judgment of God. 20The reason is that by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight because the exact knowledge1590 of sin comes through the law. 21But now, a righteousness of God has been revealed apart from the law; and the law and the prophets bear witness to it. 22It is the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all those who believe. There is no distinction 23because all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. 24All are being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. 25God purposed1591 him to be an atoning sacrifice1592 through the shedding of his blood and to be received1593 through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness by passing over prior sins, according to God’s patience. 26This was also to demonstrate his righteousness at this present time, so that God1594 might himself be just and the justifier of whoever has faith in Jesus.

27Where then is the boasting? It is excluded! By what kind of law? [The law] of works? No, but by a law of faith! 28Therefore, we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law. 29Or is God the God of the Jews only? Is he not the God of the Gentiles as well? Indeed, [he is the God] of the Gentiles too, 30since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by means of faith, and the uncircumcised through faith. 31Do we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be! In fact, we uphold1595 the law.

About Abraham

  1. Greek “they”
  2. Psalm 51:4/50 LXX. NT agrees with LXX against MT.
  3. Or “punishment/retribution/anger”
  4. Psalm 14:1-3 (agrees with LXX against MT); 53:1-3; Ecclesiastes 7:20
  5. Psalm 5:9. NT agrees with LXX against MT.
  6. Psalm 140:3/139 LXX. NT agrees with LXX against MT.
  7. Psalm 10:7/9 LXX. NT agrees with LXX against MT.
  8. Isaias 59:7-8
  9. Psalm 36:1/35 LXX
  10. Or “recognition/awareness”
  11. Or “set him forth/presented”
  12. Or “a propitiation”. The Greek word is hilastērion, which the Septuagint uses for the “mercy seat” of the ark of the covenant (Exodus 25:17-22; 25:16-21 LXX); it is so rendered in Hebrews 9:5, and some would therefore translate here “a mercy seat.”
  13. Or “accepted”
  14. Greek “he”
  15. Or “support/place on its true footing (NJB)”

Text: The Eastern / Greek Orthodox Bible, New Testament (EOB). Used with permission.