Romans 3

Wycliffe Bible

3 What then is more to a Jew, or what profit of circumcision?

² Much by all wise [Much by all manner]; first, for the speakings of God were betaken to them.

³ And what if some of them believed not? Whether the unbelief of them hath voided the faith of God?

⁴ God forbid [Far be it]. For God is soothfast [Forsooth God is true, or soothfast], but each man a liar; as it is written, That thou be justified in thy words, and overcome, when thou art deemed.

⁵ But if our wickedness [Forsooth if our wickedness, or unequity,] commend the rightwiseness of God, what shall we say? Whether God is wicked, that bringeth in wrath? After man I say.

⁶ God forbid [Far be it]. Else how shall God deem this world?

⁷ For if the truth of God hath abounded in my lying, into the glory of him, what [and] yet am I deemed as a sinner?

⁸ And not as we be blasphemed, and as some say that we say, Do we evil things, that good things come. Whose damnation is just.

⁹ What then? Surpass we them? Nay; for we have showed by skill, that all both Jews and Greeks be under sin,^[a]

¹⁰ as it is written, For there is no man just [For there is not any man just];

¹¹ there is no man understanding [there is not a man understanding], neither seeking God.

¹² All bowed away, together they be made unprofitable; there is none that doeth good thing, there is none till to one [there is not till to one].

¹³ The throat of them is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they did guilefully; the venom of snakes is under their lips^[b].

¹⁴ The mouth of whom is full of cursing and bitterness;

¹⁵ the feet of them be swift to shed blood.

¹⁶ Sorrow and cursedness be in the ways of them,^[c]

¹⁷ and they knew not the way of peace;

¹⁸ the dread of God is not before their eyes.

¹⁹ And we know [Forsooth we know], that whatever things the law speaketh, it speaketh to them that be in the law, that each mouth be stopped, and each world be made subject to God.

²⁰ For of the works of the law each flesh shall not be justified before him; for by the law there is knowing of sin [for by the law is knowing of sin].

²¹ But now without the law the rightwiseness of God is showed, that is witnessed of the law and the prophets.

²² And the rightwiseness of God is by the faith of Jesus Christ into all men and on all men that believe in him; for there is no parting. [Soothly the rightwiseness of God is by the faith of Jesus Christ into all and on all that believe into him; forsooth there is no distinction, or parting.]

²³ For all men sinned, and have need to the glory of God;

²⁴ and be justified freely by his grace, by the again-buying that is in Christ Jesus [by the redemption, or the again-buying, that is in Jesus Christ].

²⁵ Whom God ordained forgiver [Whom God purposed an helper], by faith in his blood, to the showing of his rightwiseness, for [the] remission of before-going sins, in the bearing up of God,

²⁶ to the showing of his rightwiseness in this time, that he be just, and justifying him that is of the faith of Jesus Christ.

²⁷ Where then is thy glorying? It is excluded. By what law? Of deeds doing? Nay, but by the law of faith.

²⁸ For we deem a man to be justified by faith, without works of the law.

²⁹ Whether of the Jews is God only? Whether he is not also of heathen men? Yes, and of heathen men.

³⁰ For there is one God, that justifieth circumcision by faith, and prepuce by faith.

³¹ Destroy we therefore the law by faith? God forbid [Far be it]; but we stablish the law.