Romans 3
The Jewish people were entrusted with God's words, but their unbelief does not nullify God's faith. God's justice is not negated by human injustice, and He will judge the world. All people, Jews and Gentiles, are under sin and have fallen short of God's standards, with no one being justified by the law. However, God's justice has been made manifest through faith in Jesus Christ, and all who believe in Him are justified freely by God's grace.
1So then, what more is the Jew, or what is the usefulness of circumcision2Much in every way: First of all, certainly, because the eloquence of God was entrusted to them3But what if some of them have not believed? Shall their unbelief nullify the faith of God? Let it not be so4For God is truthful, but every man is deceitful; just as it was written: "Therefore, you are justified in your words, and you will prevail when you give judgment.5But if even our injustice points to the justice of God, what shall we say? Could God be unfair for inflicting wrath6(I am speaking in human terms.) Let it not be so! Otherwise, how would God judge this world7For if the truth of God has abounded, through my falseness, unto his glory, why should I still be judged as such a sinner8And should we not do evil, so that good may result? For so we have been slandered, and so some have claimed we said; their condemnation is just9What is next? Should we try to excel ahead of them? By no means! For we have accused all Jews and Greeks to be under sin10just as it was written: "There is no one who is just11There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks God12All have gone astray; together they have become useless. There is no one who does good; there is not even one13Their throat is an open sepulcher. With their tongues, they have been acting deceitfully. The venom of asps is under their lips14Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness15Their feet are swift to shed blood16Grief and unhappiness are in their ways17And the way of peace they have not known18There is no fear of God before their eyes.19But we know that whatever the law speaks, it speaks to those who are in the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the entire world may be subject to God20For in his presence no flesh shall be justified by the works of the law. For knowledge of sin is through the law21But now, without the law, the justice of God, to which the law and the prophets have testified, has been made manifest22And the justice of God, through the faith of Jesus Christ, is in all those and over all those who believe in him. For there is no distinction23For all have sinned and all are in need of the glory of God24We have been justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus25whom God has offered as a propitiation, through faith in his blood, to reveal his justice for the remission of the former offenses26and by the forbearance of God, to reveal his justice in this time, so that he himself might be both the Just One and the Justifier of anyone who is of the faith of Jesus Christ27So then, where is your self-exaltation? It is excluded. Through what law? That of works? No, but rather through the law of faith28For we judge a man to be justified by faith, without the works of the law29Is God of the Jews only and not also of the Gentiles? On the contrary, of the Gentiles also30For One is the God who justifies circumcision by faith and uncircumcision through faith31Are we then destroying the law through faith? Let it not be so! Instead, we are making the law stand
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