Romanos 3
Palabra de Dios para Todos
3 Tal vez tú me dirás: «Entonces, ¿cuáles son las ventajas de ser judío?»
2 Ciertamente los judíos tienen muchos beneficios. El más importante es que Dios les dio el encargo de compartir sus promesas. 3 Es verdad que algunos judíos no fueron fieles pues no hicieron lo que Dios quería, pero ¿su infidelidad impedirá que Dios sea fiel en hacer lo que prometió?
4 (A)¡De ninguna manera! Aunque todo el mundo falle en cumplir, Dios siempre cumple lo que promete. Así está escrito:
«Para que, por medio de tus palabras,
se demuestre que tú eres justo
y vencerás cuando te juzguen».[a]
5 Cuando hacemos lo que es injusto, demostramos lo justo que es Dios. ¿Será posible entonces decir que Dios es injusto cuando nos castiga? (Estoy hablando según la lógica humana). 6 ¡Claro que no! Si Dios fuera injusto, no tendría derecho de juzgar al mundo.
7 Sería lo mismo decir: «Si comparados con la fidelidad de Dios mis engaños resultan en honra para Dios, entonces ¿por qué me condena como pecador?» 8 También sería como decir: «Hagamos el mal para que venga el bien». Muchos nos critican y dicen que eso es lo que nosotros enseñamos, lo cual es falso. Con razón Dios los condenará.
9 «¿Estamos entonces en peores condiciones que los demás?» ¡Claro que no! Ya dijimos que tanto los judíos como los que no son judíos tienen tendencia al pecado.[b]
Todos son culpables
10 Pues como está escrito:
«No hay justo, ¡ni uno solo!
11 No hay quien tenga entendimiento.
No hay quien de verdad quiera conocer a Dios.
12 (B)Todos han abandonado a Dios.
Todos se hicieron inútiles.
No hay nadie que haga el bien.
¡Ni uno solo![c]
13 (C)(D) Su boca es un sepulcro abierto;
usan la lengua para engañar.[d]
Lo que dicen es como el veneno de una serpiente.[e]
14 (E)Su boca está llena de maldición y amargura.[f]
15 Están siempre listos para herir o matar;
16 dondequiera que van causan destrucción y tristeza.
17 (F)No conocen el camino que lleva a la paz.[g]
18 (G)No les pasa por la mente tener respeto o temor de Dios».[h]
19 Ahora sabemos que lo que dice la ley es para los que tienen la ley. Se acabaron las excusas, todo el mundo está bajo el juicio de Dios 20 porque nadie consigue ser aprobado por actos de obediencia a una ley. La ley sólo nos muestra nuestro pecado.
Dios nos aprueba por medio de la fe
21 Pero ahora Dios nos muestra lo que anunciaban la ley y los profetas: la manera en que Dios nos aprueba no tiene nada que ver con la ley,[i] 22 sino que tiene que ver con la fe en Jesucristo.[j] Dios aprueba a todo el que tiene fe en Jesucristo, no importa quién sea. 23 Todos pecaron y por eso no pueden participar de la gloria de Dios. 24 Dios, por su generoso amor, aprueba a todos gratuitamente. Es un regalo de Dios hecho posible porque Jesucristo hizo lo necesario para liberarnos del pecado. 25-26 Dios ofreció a Jesucristo para hacer posible, por medio de su muerte, el perdón de los pecados. El perdón se recibe a través de la fe. Él ofreció a Jesucristo como sacrificio para demostrar que él siempre es justo en lo que hace. Lo demostró en el pasado cuando en su paciencia pasó por alto los pecados de muchos, y también ahora al aprobar a todo aquel que confía en Jesús.
27 Entonces, ¿Hay alguna razón para estar orgullosos de nosotros mismos? ¡No la hay! ¿Por qué razón? Por razón de fe y no por cumplir la ley. 28 Por eso decimos que uno es aprobado por la fe y no por cumplir la ley. 29 ¿Acaso Dios es sólo Dios de los judíos? ¿No lo es también de los que no son judíos? ¡Claro que sí! 30 Hay un solo Dios y él aprobará a los judíos[k] por la fe, pero también por la fe aprobará a los que no son judíos.[l] 31 Entonces, ¿con la fe eliminamos la ley? ¡De ninguna manera! Por el contrario, confirmamos lo que la ley enseña.
Footnotes
- 3:4 Cita de Sal 51:4.
- 3:9 tienen tendencia al pecado o están bajo el control del pecado.
- 3:10-12 Cita de Sal 14:1-3.
- 3:13 Cita de Sal 5:9.
- 3:13 Cita de Sal 140:3.
- 3:14 Cita de Sal 10:7.
- 3:15-17 Cita de Is 59:7-8.
- 3:18 Cita de Sal 36:1.
- 3:21 la manera […] con la ley o que la fidelidad de Dios no depende del cumplimiento de la ley.
- 3:22 la fe en Jesucristo o la fe de Jesucristo.
- 3:30 judíos Textualmente circuncisos.
- 3:30 que no son judíos Textualmente incircuncisos.
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
Worldwide English (New Testament)
3 Then what does a Jew have that others do not have? Or what good is it if a person has been circumcised?
2 It is much better in every way. First, God's law was given to the Jews.
3 But some Jews did not keep his law. Does that mean that God cannot be trusted?
4 No, it does not mean that. God must be true, even if every man is not true. The holy writings say this about God: `People will see that you are right in what you say. You will be without fault when you are judged.'
5 When we do wrong things, we show that God is right. What shall we say about that? Does God do wrong when he punishes us? (I speak the way people would think about it.)
6 No, he does not. If he did wrong, how could he judge the world?
7 Maybe I say what is not true. And that makes people praise God more because he is true. Then why does God still judge me and say I have done wrong?
8 Some people say wrong things about us. They say that we say, `Let us do wrong things so that good things will happen.' People who say such things should be punished.
9 So what shall we say? Are we Jews any better than other people? No, we are not! I have already shown that all men, both Jews and people who are not Jews have done wrong things.
10 The holy writings say, `No one is good. No, not one person.
11 No one is wise. No one wants to know God.
12 They all have turned away from the straight road. Together they have gone the wrong way. No one does good, not even one person!
13 Their mouth is like an open grave. They have used their tongues to fool people. The poison of bad snakes is under their lips.
14 Their mouths are full of cursing and saying bad words to people.
15 Their feet run quickly to kill people.
16 Death and trouble are on the ways they go.
17 They do not know the way of peace.
18 They do not fear God.'
19 We know that everything the law says, it says to the people who have the law. Then no one can say a word for themselves. All the people in the world will be brought to God to be judged.
20 No one will be put right with God because he has tried to obey the law. The law only makes people know what they have done wrong.
21 So now God has shown how people can be put right with him without the law. The law and the prophets said he would do it.
22 God puts people right with himself when they believe in Jesus Christ. He does this for all who believe. They are all alike.
23 All have done wrong and all are far from being as good as God.
24 But God is kind and makes them right with himself. It is a gift. He does it because Christ Jesus paid the price to set them free.
25 God gave him as a sacrifice. When people believe in him, his blood pays for the wrong things they have done. This shows that God is good and right. He was right when he forgave the wrong things that people did long ago.
26 God also shows that he is right now. He does this when he makes right any person who believes in Jesus.
27 Then what have we to be proud of? Nothing at all. Why not? Does God put us right with himself because of anything we have done? No. He does it because we believe.
28 We know that if a person believes in Christ, God makes him right again. It is not because that person has obeyed the law.
29 Is God the God of the Jews only? Is he not the God of other people also? Yes, he is. There is only one God of all peoples.
30 He will put right people who have been circumcised [the Jews] because they believe. And he will also put right people who are not circumcised when they believe.
31 When we believe, does that make the law no good to us? No. That is not so. When we believe, we show that the law is right.
罗马书 3
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
3 那么，犹太人有什么长处呢？割礼有什么价值呢？ 2 其实益处非常多！首先，上帝的圣言托付给了犹太人。 3 虽然有些人不相信，但那有什么关系呢？难道上帝的信实可靠会因他们的不信而化为无有吗？ 4 当然不会！纵然人人都撒谎，上帝仍然真实可靠。正如圣经上说：
“你的判语证明你是公义的；
你虽被人控告，却终必得胜。”
5 我姑且用人的观点说：“如果我们的不义可以反衬出上帝的公义，我们该做何论？上帝向我们发怒是祂不公正吗？” 6 当然不是！若是这样，上帝怎么能审判这世界呢？ 7 你们又说：“如果我们的虚谎凸显出上帝的真实，增加祂的荣耀，为什么祂还要把我们当作罪人审判呢？” 8 为什么你们不干脆说：“我们作恶吧，好成就善事”？有人毁谤我们，说我们传这种道理。这些人受审判是罪有应得！
没有义人
9 那么，我们犹太人比别人优越吗？绝对不是！我们已经说过，无论是犹太人还是希腊人，所有的人都身陷罪中。 10 正如圣经上说：
“没有义人，一个也没有，
11 没有人明白，没有人寻求上帝。
12 人人偏离正路，变得毫无价值。
没有人行善，一个也没有。
13 他们的喉咙是敞开的坟墓，
舌头上尽是诡诈，
嘴唇有蛇的毒液，
14 满口咒诅，言语恶毒；
15 杀人流血，脚步飞快；
16 所到之处，大肆毁灭；
17 平安之路，他们未曾知道；
18 他们眼中毫无对上帝的畏惧。”
19 我们知道律法所讲的都是针对律法之下的人，好叫所有的人都无话可说，使全世界都伏在上帝的审判之下。 20 因为无人能够靠遵行律法而被上帝视为义人，律法的本意是要使人知罪。
因信称义
21 但如今，上帝的义在律法以外显明出来，有律法和众先知做见证。 22 人只要信耶稣基督，就可以被上帝称为义人，没有一个人例外。 23 因为世人都犯了罪，亏欠上帝的荣耀， 24 但蒙上帝的恩典，靠着基督耶稣的救赎，世人被无条件地称为义人。 25 上帝使基督耶稣成为赎罪祭，以便人借着相信耶稣的宝血可以得到赦免。这是为了显明上帝的义，因为祂用忍耐的心宽容人过去的罪， 26 好在现今显明祂的义，使人知道祂是公义的，祂也称信耶稣的为义人。
27 既然如此，我们哪里能夸口呢？当然没有可夸的。靠什么方法让人不能夸口呢？靠遵行律法吗？不是！是靠信主的方法。 28 因为我们坚信人被称为义人是借着信，不是靠遵行律法。 29 难道上帝只是犹太人的上帝吗？祂不也是外族人的上帝吗？祂当然也是外族人的上帝。 30 因为上帝只有一位，祂本着信称受割礼的人为义人，也本着信称未受割礼的人为义人。 31 这么说来，我们是借着信心废掉上帝的律法吗？当然不是！我们反倒是巩固律法。
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