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Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? Much, in every way. For in the first place the Jews[a] were entrusted with the oracles of God. What if some were unfaithful? Will their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God? By no means! Although everyone is a liar, let God be proved true, as it is written,

“So that you may be justified in your words,
    and prevail in your judging.”[b]

But if our injustice serves to confirm the justice of God, what should we say? That God is unjust to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.) By no means! For then how could God judge the world?

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 3:2 Gk they
  2. Romans 3:4 Gk when you are being judged

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