Romans 3 - New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

All the World Guilty

3 Then what [a]advantage has the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision? 2 Great in every respect. First of all, that (A)they were entrusted with the (B)oracles of God. 3 What then? If (C)some [b]did not believe, their [c]unbelief will not nullify the faithfulness of God, will it? 4 (D)May it never be! Rather, let God be found true, though every man be found (E)a liar, as it is written,

“(F)That You may be justified in Your words,
And prevail when You [d]are judged.”

5 But if our unrighteousness [e](G)demonstrates the righteousness of God, (H)what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is He? ((I)I am speaking in human terms.) 6 (J)May it never be! For otherwise, how will (K)God judge the world? 7 But if through my lie (L)the truth of God abounded to His glory, (M)why am I also still being judged as a sinner? 8 And why not say (as we are slanderously reported and as some claim that we say), “(N)Let us do evil that good may come”? [f]Their condemnation is just.

9 What then? [g](O)Are we better than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that both (P)Jews and (Q)Greeks are (R)all under sin; 10 as it is written,

“(S)There is none righteous, not even one;
11 There is none who understands,
There is none who seeks for God;
12 All have turned aside, together they have become useless;
There is none who does good,
There is not even one.”
13 “(T)Their throat is an open grave,
With their tongues they keep deceiving,”
“(U)The poison of asps is under their lips”;
14 “(V)Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness”;
15 “(W)Their feet are swift to shed blood,
16 Destruction and misery are in their paths,
17 And the path of peace they have not known.”
18 “(X)There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

19 Now we know that whatever the (Y)Law says, it speaks to (Z)those who are [h]under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and (AA)all the world may become accountable to God; 20 because (AB)by the works [i]of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for [j](AC)through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.

Justification by Faith

21 But now apart [k]from the Law (AD)the righteousness of God has been manifested, being (AE)witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 22 even the (AF)righteousness of God through (AG)faith (AH)in Jesus Christ for (AI)all those [l]who believe; for (AJ)there is no distinction; 23 for all [m](AK)have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified as a gift (AL)by His grace through (AM)the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; 25 whom God displayed publicly as (AN)a [n]propitiation [o](AO)in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, [p]because in the (AP)forbearance of God He (AQ)passed over the sins previously committed; 26 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 [q]has faith in Jesus.

27 Where then is (AR)boasting? It is excluded. By (AS)what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith. 28 [r]For (AT)we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works [s]of the Law. 29 Or (AU)is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, 30 since indeed (AV)God (AW)who will justify the [t]circumcised [u]by faith and the [v]uncircumcised through faith (AX)is one.

31 Do we then nullify [w]the Law through faith? (AY)May it never be! On the contrary, we (AZ)establish the Law.

Footnotes

  1. Romans 3:1 Lit is the advantage of the Jew
  2. Romans 3:3 Or were unfaithful
  3. Romans 3:3 Or unfaithfulness
  4. Romans 3:4 Lit in Your judging
  5. Romans 3:5 Or commends
  6. Romans 3:8 Lit Whose
  7. Romans 3:9 Or Are we worse
  8. Romans 3:19 Lit in
  9. Romans 3:20 Or of law
  10. Romans 3:20 Or through law
  11. Romans 3:21 Or from law
  12. Romans 3:22 Or who believe. For there is no distinction, since they all have sinned...and are being justified
  13. Romans 3:23 Or sinned
  14. Romans 3:25 Or a propitiatory sacrifice
  15. Romans 3:25 Or by
  16. Romans 3:25 Lit because of the passing over of the sins previously committed in the forbearance of God
  17. Romans 3:26 Lit is of the faith of Jesus
  18. Romans 3:28 One early ms reads Therefore
  19. Romans 3:28 Or of law
  20. Romans 3:30 Lit circumcision
  21. Romans 3:30 Lit out of
  22. Romans 3:30 Lit uncircumcision
  23. Romans 3:31 Or law

Cross references

  1. Romans 3:2 : Deut 4:8; Ps 147:19; Rom 9:4
  2. Romans 3:2 : Acts 7:38
  3. Romans 3:3 : Rom 10:16; Heb 4:2
  4. Romans 3:4 : Luke 20:16; Rom 3:6, 31
  5. Romans 3:4 : Ps 116:11; Rom 3:7
  6. Romans 3:4 : Ps 51:4
  7. Romans 3:5 : Rom 5:8; 2 Cor 6:4; 7:11
  8. Romans 3:5 : Rom 4:1; 7:7; 8:31; 9:14, 30
  9. Romans 3:5 : Rom 6:19; 1 Cor 9:8; 15:32; Gal 3:15
  10. Romans 3:6 : Luke 20:16; Rom 3:4, 31
  11. Romans 3:6 : Rom 2:16
  12. Romans 3:7 : Rom 3:4
  13. Romans 3:7 : Rom 9:19
  14. Romans 3:8 : Rom 6:1
  15. Romans 3:9 : Rom 3:1
  16. Romans 3:9 : Rom 2:1-29
  17. Romans 3:9 : Rom 1:18-32
  18. Romans 3:9 : Rom 3:19, 23; 11:32; Gal 3:22
  19. Romans 3:10 : Ps 14:1-3; 53:1-3
  20. Romans 3:13 : Ps 5:9
  21. Romans 3:13 : Ps 140:3
  22. Romans 3:14 : Ps 10:7
  23. Romans 3:15 : Is 59:7f
  24. Romans 3:18 : Ps 36:1
  25. Romans 3:19 : John 10:34
  26. Romans 3:19 : Rom 2:12
  27. Romans 3:19 : Rom 3:9
  28. Romans 3:20 : Ps 143:2; Acts 13:39; Gal 2:16
  29. Romans 3:20 : Rom 4:15; 5:13, 20; 7:7
  30. Romans 3:21 : Rom 1:17; 9:30
  31. Romans 3:21 : Acts 10:43; Rom 1:2
  32. Romans 3:22 : Rom 1:17; 9:30
  33. Romans 3:22 : Rom 4:5
  34. Romans 3:22 : Acts 3:16; Gal 2:16, 20; 3:22; Eph 3:12
  35. Romans 3:22 : Rom 4:11, 16; 10:4
  36. Romans 3:22 : Rom 10:12; Gal 3:28; Col 3:11
  37. Romans 3:23 : Rom 3:9
  38. Romans 3:24 : Rom 4:4f, 16; Eph 2:8
  39. Romans 3:24 : 1 Cor 1:30; Eph 1:7; Col 1:14; Heb 9:15
  40. Romans 3:25 : 1 John 2:2; 4:10
  41. Romans 3:25 : 1 Cor 5:7; Heb 9:14, 28; 1 Pet 1:19; Rev 1:5
  42. Romans 3:25 : Rom 2:4
  43. Romans 3:25 : Acts 14:16; 17:30
  44. Romans 3:27 : Rom 2:17, 23; 4:2; 1 Cor 1:29ff
  45. Romans 3:27 : Rom 9:31
  46. Romans 3:28 : Acts 13:39; Rom 3:20, 21; Eph 2:9; James 2:20, 24, 26
  47. Romans 3:29 : Acts 10:34f; Rom 9:24; 10:12; 15:9; Gal 3:28
  48. Romans 3:30 : Rom 10:12; Gal 3:20
  49. Romans 3:30 : Rom 3:22; 4:11f, 16; Gal 3:8
  50. Romans 3:30 : Deut 6:4
  51. Romans 3:31 : Luke 20:16; Rom 3:4
  52. Romans 3:31 : Matt 5:17; Rom 3:4, 6; 8:4

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