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Romans 3

All the World Guilty

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Then what  1advantage has the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?

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Great in every respect. First of all, that  athey were entrusted with the  boracles of God.

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What then? If  asome  1did not believe, their  2unbelief will not nullify the faithfulness of God, will it?

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 aMay it never be! Rather, let God be found true, though every man be found  ba liar, as it is written, " cTHAT YOU MAY BE JUSTIFIED IN YOUR WORDS, AND PREVAIL WHEN YOU  1ARE JUDGED."

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But if our unrighteousness  1 ademonstrates the righteousness of God,  bwhat shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is He? ( cI am speaking in human terms.)

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 aMay it never be! For otherwise, how will  bGod judge the world?

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But if through my lie  athe truth of God abounded to His glory,  bwhy am I also still being judged as a sinner?

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And why not say (as we are slanderously reported and as some claim that we say), " aLet us do evil that good may come"?  1Their condemnation is just.

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What then?  1 aAre we better than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that both  bJews and  cGreeks are  dall under sin;

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as it is written, " aTHERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE;

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THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD;

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ALL HAVE TURNED ASIDE, TOGETHER THEY HAVE BECOME USELESS; THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD, THERE IS NOT EVEN ONE."

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aTHEIR THROAT IS AN OPEN GRAVE, WITH THEIR TONGUES THEY KEEP DECEIVING," " bTHE POISON OF ASPS IS UNDER THEIR LIPS";

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aWHOSE MOUTH IS FULL OF CURSING AND BITTERNESS";

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aTHEIR FEET ARE SWIFT TO SHED BLOOD,

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DESTRUCTION AND MISERY ARE IN THEIR PATHS,

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AND THE PATH OF PEACE THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN."

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aTHERE IS NO FEAR OF GOD BEFORE THEIR EYES."

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Now we know that whatever the  aLaw says, it speaks to  bthose who are  1under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and  call the world may become accountable to God;

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because  aby the works  1of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for  2 bthrough the Law comes the knowledge of sin.

Justification by Faith

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But now apart  1from the Law  athe righteousness of God has been manifested, being  bwitnessed by the Law and the Prophets,

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even the  arighteousness of God through  bfaith  cin Jesus Christ for  dall those  1who believe; for  ethere is no distinction;

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for all  1 ahave sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

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being justified as a gift  aby His grace through  bthe redemption which is in Christ Jesus;

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whom God displayed publicly as  aa  1propitiation  2 bin His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness,  3because in the  cforbearance of God He  dpassed over the sins previously committed;

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for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who  1has faith in Jesus.

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Where then is  aboasting? It is excluded. By  bwhat kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.

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 1For  awe maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works  2of the Law.

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

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since indeed  aGod  bwho will justify the  1circumcised  2by faith and the  3uncircumcised through faith  cis one.

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Do we then nullify  1the Law through faith?  aMay it never be! On the contrary, we  bestablish the Law.



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