Римляни 3
Bulgarian New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
3 И така, какво предимство имат юдеите и каква е ползата от обрязването? 2 Голяма във всяко отношение. Първо, защото на тях Бог повери ученията си. 3 И какво от това, че някои не бяха верни на Бога? Нима тяхната невярност ще го възпре да изпълни обещаното от него? 4 Не, разбира се! Бог ще продължи да бъде верен, дори и всеки човек да е лъжец, както казва Писанието:
„Ще докажеш, че си прав, когато говориш,
и ще спечелиш, когато те съдят.“(A)
5 И така, какво да кажем, щом като нашите грехове само показват Божията праведност? Нима Бог е несправедлив, когато ни наказва? (Казвам това, което някои хора могат да си помислят.) 6 Не, разбира се! Иначе как ще съди света?
7 Може да кажеш: „Щом като Божията слава расте от това, че моята лъжа показва по-ясно неговата истина, защо ме съдят като грешник?“ 8 Все едно казваш: „Нека вършим зло, за да дойде доброто!“ Има хора, които ни клеветят и говорят, че ние поучаваме точно това. Тези хора заслужават да бъдат осъдени.
Всички хора са виновни
9 И така, ние, юдеите, по-добри ли сме от останалите? Съвсем не! Вече поставихме обвинението, че както юдеите, така и езичниците са под властта на греха. 10 Както е писано:
„Няма нито един човек без грях.
11 Няма нито един, който разбира.
Няма нито един, който търси Бога.
12 Всички му обърнаха гръб
и всички се поквариха.
Няма нито един, който да върши добро.
Няма дори и един!(B)
13 Като зловоние от отворен гроб са противни думите,
излизащи от устата им.
Използват езика си, за да лъжат.(C)
Думите им са змийска отрова.(D)
14 Устите им са пълни с проклятия и жлъч.(E)
15 Винаги са готови да раняват и убиват,
16 навсякъде, където отидат,
носят разруха и нещастие
17 и не познават пътя към мира.(F)
18 Те нямат страхопочитание към Бога.“(G)
19 Сега знаем, че това, което законът казва, се отнася за онези, които са под закона, за да се сложи край на всички оправдания, които хората си намират, и да се покаже, че Бог ще съди цялото човечество. 20 Никой няма да бъде оправдан пред Бога заради подчинение на закона,[a] защото законът само показва греха ни.
Как Бог прави хората праведни
21 Но сега се разкрива как Бог прави хората праведни. Това става отделно от закона, въпреки че законът и пророците свидетелстват за него. 22 Бог прави хората праведни чрез вярата в[b] Исус Христос и това се отнася за всички, които вярват, понеже няма разлика между хората, 23 защото всички съгрешиха и са лишени от Божията слава. 24 Но Бог ги прави праведни чрез своята благодат даром, като ги освобождава от греха чрез Христос Исус. 25 Чрез кръвта на Исус Бог го представи като изкупителна жертва за греховете на онези, които имат вяра. Така показа, че е бил справедлив, когато, поради снизхождението си, в миналото не е наказал хората за греховете им. 26 Бог извърши това, за да докаже, че е справедлив в настоящето и че ще продължи да бъде справедлив и същевременно да прави праведен всеки, който вярва в Исус.
27 Защо да се хвалим тогава? Няма за какво. Това е изключено не от закона на делата, а от закона на вярата. 28 Защото вярваме, че човек става праведен чрез вярата, а не чрез делата, които е извършил, за да се подчини на закона. 29 И нима Бог принадлежи само на юдеите? Нима той не е Бог и на езичниците? Разбира се, че е. 30 Тъй като Бог е един, той ще направи праведни както юдеите, така и езичниците[c] чрез вяра. 31 Означава ли това, че чрез вяра унищожаваме закона? Не, в никакъв случай! Ние се съгласяваме с него.
Footnotes
- Римляни 3:20 Вж. Пс. 143:2.
- Римляни 3:22 вярата в Или: „верността на“.
- Римляни 3:30 както юдеите, така и езичниците Букв.: „както обрязаните, така и необрязаните“.
Romans 3
GOD’S WORD Translation
Everyone Is a Sinner
3 Is there any advantage, then, in being a Jew? Or is there any value in being circumcised? 2 There are all kinds of advantages. First of all, God entrusted them with his word.
3 What if some of them were unfaithful? Can their unfaithfulness cancel God’s faithfulness? 4 That would be unthinkable! God is honest, and everyone else is a liar, as Scripture says,
“So you hand down justice when you speak,
and you win your case in court.”
5 But if what we do wrong shows that God is fair, what should we say? Is God unfair when he vents his anger on us? (I’m arguing the way humans would.) 6 That’s unthinkable! Otherwise, how would God be able to judge the world? 7 If my lie increases the glory that God receives by showing that God is truthful, why am I still judged as a sinner? 8 Or can we say, “Let’s do evil so that good will come from it”? Some slander us and claim that this is what we say. They are condemned, and that’s what they deserve.
9 What, then, is the situation? Do we have any advantage? Not at all. We have already accused everyone (both Jews and Greeks) of being under the power of sin, 10 as Scripture says,
“Not one person has God’s approval.
11 No one understands.
No one searches for God.
12 Everyone has turned away.
Together they have become rotten to the core.
No one does anything good,
not even one person.
13 Their throats are open graves.
Their tongues practice deception.
Their lips hide the venom of poisonous snakes.
14 Their mouths are full of curses and bitter resentment.
15 They run quickly to murder people.
16 There is ruin and suffering wherever they go.
17 They have not learned to live in peace.
18 They are not terrified of God.”
19 We know that whatever the Scriptures say applies to everyone under their influence, and no one can say a thing. The whole world is brought under the judgment of God. 20 Not one person can have God’s approval by any effort to follow the laws in the Scriptures. These laws show what sin is.
God Gives Us His Approval as a Gift
21 Now, the way to receive God’s approval has been made plain in a way other than the laws in the Scriptures. Moses’ Teachings and the Prophets tell us this. 22 Everyone who believes has God’s approval through faith in Jesus Christ.
There is no difference between people. 23 Because all people have sinned, they have fallen short of God’s glory. 24 They receive God’s approval freely by an act of his kindness [a] through the price Christ Jesus paid to set us free ⌞from sin⌟. 25 God showed that Christ is the throne of mercy where God’s approval is given through faith in Christ’s blood. In his patience God waited to deal with sins committed in the past. 26 He waited so that he could display his approval at the present time. This shows that he is a God of justice, a God who approves of people who believe in Jesus.
27 So, do we have anything to brag about? Bragging has been eliminated. On what basis was it eliminated? On the basis of our own efforts? No, indeed! Rather, it is eliminated on the basis of faith. 28 We conclude that a person has God’s approval by faith, not by his own efforts.
29 Is God only the God of the Jews? Isn’t he also the God of people who are not Jewish? Certainly, he is, 30 since it is the same God who approves circumcised people by faith and uncircumcised people through this same faith.
31 Are we abolishing the laws in the Scriptures by this faith? That’s unthinkable! Rather, we are supporting these laws.
Footnotes
- 3:24 Or “grace.”
Romans 3
King James Version
3 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
5 But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)
6 God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
7 For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
8 And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
9 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
15 Their feet are swift to shed blood:
16 Destruction and misery are in their ways:
17 And the way of peace have they not known:
18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.
19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
30 Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
Romans 3
New King James Version
God’s Judgment Defended
3 What advantage then has the Jew, or what is the profit of circumcision? 2 Much in every way! Chiefly because (A)to them were committed the [a]oracles of God. 3 For what if (B)some did not believe? (C)Will their unbelief make the faithfulness of God without effect? 4 (D)Certainly not! Indeed, let (E)God be [b]true but (F)every man a liar. As it is written:
(G)“That You may be justified in Your words,
And may overcome when You are judged.”
5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust who inflicts wrath? (H)(I speak as a man.) 6 Certainly not! For then (I)how will God judge the world?
7 For if the truth of God has increased through my lie to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner? 8 And why not say, (J)“Let us do evil that good may come”?—as we are slanderously reported and as some affirm that we say. Their [c]condemnation is just.
All Have Sinned(K)
9 What then? Are we better than they? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that (L)they are all under sin.
10 As it is written:
(M)“There is none righteous, no, not one;
11 There is none who understands;
There is none who seeks after God.
12 They have all turned aside;
They have together become unprofitable;
There is none who does good, no, not one.”
13 “Their(N) throat is an open [d]tomb;
With their tongues they have practiced deceit”;
(O)“The poison of asps is under their lips”;
14 “Whose(P) mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”
15 “Their(Q) feet are swift to shed blood;
16 Destruction and misery are in their ways;
17 And the way of peace they have not known.”
18 “There(R) is no fear of God before their eyes.”
19 Now we know that whatever (S)the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that (T)every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become [e]guilty before God. 20 Therefore (U)by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
God’s Righteousness Through Faith
21 But now (V)the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, (W)being witnessed by the Law (X)and the Prophets, 22 even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all [f]and on all who believe. For (Y)there is no difference; 23 for (Z)all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified [g]freely (AA)by His grace (AB)through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God set forth (AC)as a [h]propitiation (AD)by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over (AE)the sins that were previously committed, 26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Boasting Excluded
27 (AF)Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith. 28 Therefore we conclude (AG)that a man is [i]justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law. 29 Or is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also, 30 since (AH)there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith. 31 Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law.
Footnotes
- Romans 3:2 sayings, Scriptures
- Romans 3:4 Found true
- Romans 3:8 Lit. judgment
- Romans 3:13 grave
- Romans 3:19 accountable
- Romans 3:22 NU omits and on all
- Romans 3:24 without any cost
- Romans 3:25 mercy seat
- Romans 3:28 declared righteous
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