Romani 3
Nuova Riveduta 1994
Privilegi dei Giudei
3 (A)Qual è dunque il vantaggio del Giudeo? Qual è l’utilità della circoncisione? 2 Grande in ogni senso. Prima di tutto, perché a loro furono affidate le rivelazioni di Dio. 3 Che vuol dire infatti se alcuni sono stati increduli? La loro incredulità annullerà la fedeltà di Dio? 4 No di certo! Anzi, sia Dio riconosciuto veritiero e ogni uomo bugiardo, com’è scritto:
«Affinché tu sia riconosciuto giusto nelle tue parole
e trionfi quando sei giudicato»[a].
5 Ma se la nostra ingiustizia fa risaltare la giustizia di Dio, che diremo? Che Dio è ingiusto quando dà corso alla sua ira? (Parlo alla maniera degli uomini.) 6 No di certo[b]! Perché, altrimenti, come potrà Dio giudicare il mondo?
7 Ma se per la mia menzogna la verità di Dio sovrabbonda a sua gloria, perché sono ancora giudicato come peccatore? 8 Perché non «facciamo il male affinché ne venga il bene», come da taluni siamo calunniosamente accusati di dire? La condanna di costoro è giusta.
Universalità del peccato
9 (B)Che dire dunque? Noi siamo forse superiorie[c]? No affato! Perché abbiamo già dimostrato che tutti, Giudei e Greci, sono sottoposti al peccato, 10 com’è scritto:
«Non c’è nessun giusto, neppure uno.
11 Non c’è nessuno che capisca,
non c’è nessuno che cerchi Dio.
12 Tutti si sono sviati, tutti quanti si sono corotti.
Non c’è nessuno che pratici la bontà, no, neppure uno»[d].
13 «La loro gola è un sepolcro aperto; con le loro lingue hanno tramato frode»[e].
«Sotto le loro labbra c’è un veleno di serpenti»[f].
14 «La loro bocca è piena di maledizione e di amarezza»[g].
15 «I loro piedi sono veloci a spargere il sangue.
16 Rovina e calamità sono sul loro cammmino
17 e non conoscono la via della pace»[h].
18 «Non c’è timor di Dio davanti ai loro occhi»[i].
19 Or noi sappiamo che tutto quel che la legge dice, lo dice a quelli che sono sotto la legge, affinché sia chiusa ogni bocca e tutto il mondo sia riconosciuto colpevole di fronte a Dio; 20 perché mediante le opere della legge nessuno[j] sarà giustificato davanti a lui; infatti la legge dà la conoscenza del peccato.
La giustificazione attraverso la fede in Cristo
21 (C)Ora però, indipendentemente dalla legge, è stata manifestata la giustizia di Dio, della quale danno testimonianza la legge e i *profeti: 22 vale a dire la giustizia di Dio mediante la fede in Gesú Cristo, per tutti coloro che credono – infatti non c'è distinzione: 23 tutti hanno peccato e sono privi della gloria di Dio – 24 ma sono giustificati gratuitamente per la sua grazia, mediante la redenzione che è in Cristo Gesú. 25 Dio lo ha prestabilito come sacrificio propiziatorio mediante la fede nel suo sangue[k], per dimostrare la sua giustizia, avendo usato tolleranza verso i peccati commessi in passato, 26 al tempo della sua divina pazienza; e per dimostrare la sua giustizia nel tempo presente affinché egli sia giusto e giustifichi colui che ha fede in Gesú.
27 Dov'è dunque il vanto? Esso è escluso. Per quale legge? Delle opere? No, ma per la legge della fede; 28 poiché riteniamo che l'uomo è giustificato mediante la fede senza le opere della legge. 29 Dio è forse soltanto il Dio dei Giudei? Non è egli anche il Dio degli altri popoli? Certo, è anche il Dio degli altri popoli, 30 poiché c'è un solo Dio, il quale giustificherà il circonciso per fede, e l'*incirconciso ugualmente per mezzo della fede.
31 Annulliamo dunque la legge mediante la fede? No di certo! Anzi, confermiamo la legge.
Footnotes
- Romani 3:4 Cfr. Ga 6:15.
- Romani 3:6 + Sl 51:4
- Romani 3:9 No di certo, lett. non avvenga.
- Romani 3:12 Noi siamo forse superiori? Altri traducono: simao in condizione inferiore a loro?
- Romani 3:13 +Sl 14:1-3; 53:1-3.
- Romani 3:13 +Sl 5:9.
- Romani 3:14 +Sl 140:3.
- Romani 3:17 +Sl 10:7.
- Romani 3:18 +Is 59:7, 8
- Romani 3:20 +Sl 36:1.
- Romani 3:25 Nessuno, lett. nessuna carne.
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
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Paul Answers an Objection
3 So what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the benefit of circumcision? 2 Considerable in every way. First, they were entrusted(A) with the spoken words of God.(B) 3 What then? If some did not believe,(C) will their unbelief cancel God’s faithfulness? 4 Absolutely not!(D) God must be true, even if everyone is a liar,(E) as it is written:
5 But if our unrighteousness highlights[b] God’s righteousness,(G) what are we to say?(H) I use a human argument:[c](I) Is God unrighteous to inflict wrath? 6 Absolutely not! Otherwise, how will God judge the world?(J) 7 But if by my lie God’s truth is amplified to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?(K) 8 And why not say, just as some people slanderously claim we say, “Let us do what is evil so that good may come”?(L) Their condemnation is deserved!
The Whole World Guilty before God
9 What then? Are we any better?[d] Not at all! For we have previously charged that both Jews(M) and Gentiles[e](N) are all under sin,[f](O) 10 as it is written:[g]
There is no one righteous, not even one.
11 There is no one who understands;
there is no one who seeks God.
12 All have turned away;
all alike have become useless.
There is no one who does what is good,
not even one.(P)[h]
13 Their throat is an open grave;
they deceive with their tongues.(Q)[i]
Vipers’ venom is under their lips.(R)[j]
14 Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.(S)[k]
15 Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 ruin and wretchedness are in their paths,
17 and the path of peace they have not known.(T)[l]
18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.(U)[m]
19 Now we know that whatever the law says(V) speaks to those who are subject to the law,[n](W) so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become subject to God’s judgment.[o](X) 20 For no one will be justified[p] in His sight by the works of the law,(Y) because the knowledge of sin comes through the law.(Z)
God’s Righteousness through Faith
21 But now, apart from the law, God’s righteousness has been revealed(AA)—attested by the Law and the Prophets[q](AB) 22 —that is, God’s righteousness through faith(AC) in Jesus Christ,[r](AD) to all who believe,(AE) since there is no distinction.(AF) 23 For all have sinned(AG) and fall short of the[s] glory of God. 24 They are justified freely by His grace(AH) through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.(AI) 25 God presented Him as a propitiation[t](AJ) through faith in His blood,(AK) to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His restraint God(AL) passed over the sins previously committed.(AM) 26 God presented Him to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be righteous and declare righteous[u] the one who has faith in Jesus.
Boasting Excluded
27 Where then is boasting?(AN) It is excluded. By what kind of law?[v](AO) By one of works? No, on the contrary, by a law[w] of faith. 28 For we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.(AP) 29 Or is God for Jews only?(AQ) Is He not also for Gentiles? Yes, for Gentiles too, 30 since there is one God(AR) who will justify the circumcised by faith(AS) and the uncircumcised through faith. 31 Do we then cancel the law through faith? Absolutely not!(AT) On the contrary, we uphold the law.(AU)
Footnotes
- Romans 3:4 Ps 51:4
- Romans 3:5 Or shows, or demonstrates
- Romans 3:5 Lit I speak as a man
- Romans 3:9 Are we Jews any better than the Gentiles?
- Romans 3:9 Lit Greeks
- Romans 3:9 Under sin’s power or dominion
- Romans 3:10 Paul constructs this charge from a chain of OT quotations, mainly from the Psalms.
- Romans 3:12 Ps 14:1-3; 53:1-3; Ec 7:20
- Romans 3:13 Ps 5:9
- Romans 3:13 Ps 140:3
- Romans 3:14 Ps 10:7
- Romans 3:17 Is 59:7-8
- Romans 3:18 Ps 36:1
- Romans 3:19 Lit those in the law
- Romans 3:19 Or become guilty before God, or may be accountable to God
- Romans 3:20 Or will be declared righteous, or will be acquitted
- Romans 3:21 When capitalized, the Law and the Prophets = OT
- Romans 3:22 Or through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ
- Romans 3:23 Or and lack the
- Romans 3:25 Or as a propitiatory sacrifice, or as an offering of atonement, or as a mercy seat; 2Co 5:21; Heb 9:5
- Romans 3:26 Or and justify, or and acquit
- Romans 3:27 Or what principle?
- Romans 3:27 Or a principle
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