Then what
1advantage
has the Jew
? Or
what
is the benefit
of circumcision
?
Great in every
respect
. First
of all
, that athey were entrusted
with the boracles
of God
.
What then
? If
asome
1did not believe
, their 2unbelief
will not nullify
the faithfulness
of God
, will it?
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
."
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
.)
aMay it never be! For otherwise
, how
will bGod
judge
the world
?
But if through
my lie
athe truth
of God
abounded
to His glory
, bwhy
am I also
still
being judged
as a sinner
?
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
.
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
;
as it is written, " aTHERE IS NONE
RIGHTEOUS
, NOT EVEN
ONE
;
THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS
, THERE IS NONE
WHO SEEKS
FOR GOD
;
ALL HAVE TURNED
ASIDE
, TOGETHER
THEY HAVE BECOME
USELESS
; THERE IS NONE
WHO DOES
GOOD
, THERE IS NOT EVEN
ONE
."
" aTHEIR THROAT IS AN OPEN
GRAVE
, WITH THEIR TONGUES
THEY KEEP DECEIVING
," " bTHE POISON
OF ASPS
IS UNDER
THEIR LIPS
";
" aWHOSE MOUTH
IS FULL
OF CURSING
AND BITTERNESS
";
" aTHEIR FEET ARE SWIFT
TO SHED
BLOOD
,
DESTRUCTION AND MISERY
ARE IN THEIR PATHS
,
AND THE PATH OF PEACE
THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN
."
" aTHERE IS NO FEAR
OF GOD
BEFORE
THEIR EYES
."
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
;
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
.
But now apart
1from the Law
athe righteousness
of God
has been manifested
, being bwitnessed
by the Law
and the Prophets
,
even the arighteousness
of God
through
bfaith
cin Jesus
Christ
for dall
those
1who believe
; for ethere is no
distinction
;
for all 1 ahave sinned
and fall
short
of the glory
of God
,
being justified as a gift
aby His grace
through
bthe redemption
which is in Christ
Jesus
;
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
;
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
.
Where then
is aboasting
? It is excluded
. By bwhat
kind
of law
? Of works
? No
, but by a law
of faith
.
1For awe maintain that a man
is justified
by faith
apart
from works
2of the Law
.
Or ais God
the God of Jews
only
? Is He not the God of Gentiles
also
? Yes
, of Gentiles
also
,
since indeed
aGod
bwho
will justify
the 1circumcised
2by faith
and the 3uncircumcised
through
faith
cis one
.
Do we then nullify
1the Law
through
faith
? aMay it never
be! On the contrary
, we bestablish
the Law
.