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Romans 3
Common English Bible
Romans 3
Common English Bible
God’s faithfulness and justice
3 So what’s the advantage of being a Jew? Or what’s the benefit of circumcision? 2 Plenty in every way. First of all, the Jews were trusted with God’s revelations. 3 What does it matter, then, if some weren’t faithful? Their lack of faith won’t cancel God’s faithfulness, will it? 4 Absolutely not! God must be true, even if every human being is a liar, as it is written:
So that it can show that you are right in your words;
and you will triumph when you are judged.[a]
5 But if our lack of righteousness confirms God’s justice, what will we say? That God, who brings wrath upon us, isn’t just (I’m speaking rhetorically)? 6 Absolutely not! If God weren’t just, how could he judge the world? 7 But if God’s truth is demonstrated by my lie and it increases his glory, why am I still judged as a sinner? 8 Why not say, “Let’s do evil things so that good things will come out of it”? (Some people who slander us accuse us of saying that, but these people deserve criticism.)
All are under the power of sin
9 So what are we saying? Are we better off? Not at all. We have already stated the charge: both Jews and Greeks are all under the power of sin. 10 As it is written,
There is no righteous person, not even one.
11 There is no one who understands.
There is no one who looks for God.
12 They all turned away.
They have become worthless together.
There is no one who shows kindness.
There is not even one.[b]
13 Their throat is a grave that has been opened.
They are deceitful with their tongues,
and the poison of vipers is under their lips.[c]
14 Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.[d]
15 Their feet are quick to shed blood;
16 destruction and misery are in their ways;
17 and they don’t know the way of peace.[e]
18 There is no fear of God in their view of the world.[f]
19 Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, in order to shut every mouth and make it so the whole world has to answer to God. 20 It follows that no human being will be treated as righteous in his presence by doing what the Law says, because the knowledge of sin comes through the Law.
God’s righteousness through faithfulness of Christ
21 But now God’s righteousness has been revealed apart from the Law, which is confirmed by the Law and the Prophets. 22 God’s righteousness comes through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ for all who have faith in him. There’s no distinction. 23 All have sinned and fall short of God’s glory, 24 but all are treated as righteous freely by his grace because of a ransom that was paid by Christ Jesus. 25 Through his faithfulness, God displayed Jesus as the place of sacrifice where mercy is found by means of his blood. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness in passing over sins that happened before, 26 during the time of God’s patient tolerance. He also did this to demonstrate that he is righteous in the present time, and to treat the one who has faith in Jesus as righteous.
27 What happens to our bragging? It’s thrown out. With which law? With what we have accomplished under the Law? 28 No, not at all, but through the law of faith. We consider that a person is treated as righteous by faith, apart from what is accomplished under the Law. 29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Isn’t God the God of Gentiles also? Yes, God is also the God of Gentiles. 30 Since God is one, then the one who makes the circumcised righteous by faith will also make the one who isn’t circumcised righteous through faith. 31 Do we then cancel the Law through this faith? Absolutely not! Instead, we confirm the Law.
Roma 3
Ang Dating Biblia (1905)
Roma 3
Ang Dating Biblia (1905)
3 Ano nga ang kahigitan ng Judio? o ano ang mapapakinabang sa pagtutuli?
2 Marami sa anomang paraan: ang una sa lahat, ay ipinagkatiwala sa kanila ang mga aral ng Dios.
3 Ano nga kung ang ilan ay hindi nangagsisampalataya? ang di pananampalataya nila ay nagpapawalang halaga baga sa pagtatapat ng Dios?
4 Huwag nawang mangyari: oo, bagkus pa nga ang Dios ay tapat, datapuwa't ang bawa't tao'y sinungaling; gaya ng nasusulat, Upang ikaw ay ariing ganap sa iyong mga salita, At makapagtagumpay ka kung ikaw ay mahatulan.
5 Datapuwa't kung ang ating kalikuan ay nagbibigay dilag sa katuwiran ng Dios, ano ang ating sasabihin? Liko baga ang Dios na dumadalaw na may poot? (nagsasalita akong ayon sa pagkatao.)
6 Huwag nawang mangyari: sapagka't kung gayo'y paanong paghatol ng Dios sa sanglibutan?
7 Datapuwa't kung ang katotohanan ng Dios sa pamamagitan ng aking kasinungalingan ay sumagana sa ikaluluwalhati niya, bakit pa naman ako'y hinahatulang tulad sa isang makasalanan?
8 At bakit hindi (gaya ng pagkalibak sa atin, at gaya ng pinatotohanan ng ilan na ating sinasabi), Magsigawa tayo ng masama upang dumating ang mabuti? ang kaparusahan sa mga gayon ay matuwid.
9 Ano nga? tayo baga'y lalong mabuti kay sa kanila? Hindi, sa anomang paraan: sapagka't ating kapuwa isinasakdal na muna ang mga Judio at ang mga Griego, na silang lahat ay nangasa ilalim ng kasalanan;
10 Gaya ng nasusulat, Walang matuwid, wala, wala kahit isa;
11 Walang nakatatalastas, Walang humahanap sa Dios;
12 Silang lahat ay nagsilihis, magkakasamang nawalan ng kasaysayan; Walang gumagawa ng mabuti, wala, wala kahit isa:
13 Ang kanilang lalamunan ay isang libingang bukas; Nagsigamit ng daya sa pamamagitan ng kanilang mga dila: Ang kamandag ng mga ulupong ang siyang nasa ilalim ng kanilang mga labi:
14 Ang kanilang bibig ay puno ng panunumpa at ng kapaitan:
15 Ang kanilang mga paa ay matulin sa pagbububo ng dugo;
16 Kagibaan at kahirapan ang nasa kanilang mga daan;
17 At ang daan ng kapayapaan ay hindi nila nakilala;
18 Walang pagkatakot sa Dios sa harap ng kanilang mga mata.
19 Ngayon ay nalalaman natin na ang anomang sinasabi ng kautusan, yaon ay sinasabi sa nangasa ilalim ng kautusan; upang matikom ang bawa't bibig, at ang buong sanglibutan ay mapasa ilalim ng hatol ng Dios:
20 Sapagka't sa pamamagitan ng mga gawa ng kautusan ay walang laman na aariing-ganap sa paningin niya; sapagka't sa pamamagitan ng kautusan ay ang pagkakilala ng kasalanan.
21 Datapuwa't ngayon bukod sa kautusan ay ipinahahayag ang isang katuwiran ng Dios, na sinasaksihan ng kautusan at ng mga propeta;
22 Sa makatuwid baga'y ang katuwiran ng Dios sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya kay Jesucristo sa lahat ng mga nagsisisampalataya; sapagka't walang pagkakaiba;
23 Sapagka't ang lahat ay nangagkasala nga, at hindi nangakaabot sa kaluwalhatian ng Dios;
24 Palibhasa'y inaring-ganap na walang bayad ng kaniyang biyaya sa pamamagitan ng pagtubos na nasa kay Cristo Jesus:
25 Na siyang inilagay ng Dios na maging pangpalubagloob, sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya, sa kaniyang dugo, upang maipakilala ang kaniyang katuwiran dahil sa hindi pagpansin sa mga kasalanan na nagawa nang nagdaang panahon sa pagpapahinuhod ng Dios;
26 Sa pagpapakilala'y aking sinasabi, ng kaniyang katuwiran sa panahong kasalukuyan, upang siya'y maging ganap at tagaaring-ganap sa may pananampalataya kay Cristo.
27 Kaya nga saan naroon ang pagmamapuri? Ito'y inihiwalay na. Sa pamamagitan ng anong kautusan? ng mga gawa? Hindi: kundi sa pamamagitan ng kautusan ng pananampalataya.
28 Kaya nga maipasisiya natin na ang tao ay inaaring-ganap sa pananampalataya na hiwalay sa mga gawa ng kautusan.
29 O ang Dios baga ay Dios ng mga Judio lamang? hindi baga siya ang Dios din ng mga Gentil? Oo, ng mga Gentil din naman:
30 Kung gayon nga na iisa ang Dios, at kaniyang aariing-ganap ang pagtutuli sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya, at ang di pagtutuli sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya.
31 Niwawalan kaya nating kabuluhan ang kautusan sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya? Huwag nawang mangyari: kundi pinagtitibay pa nga natin ang kautusan.
Romans 3
New International Version
Romans 3
New International Version
God’s Faithfulness
3 What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision? 2 Much in every way!(A) First of all, the Jews have been entrusted with the very words of God.(B)
3 What if some were unfaithful?(C) Will their unfaithfulness nullify God’s faithfulness?(D) 4 Not at all! Let God be true,(E) and every human being a liar.(F) As it is written:
5 But if our unrighteousness brings out God’s righteousness more clearly,(H) what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.)(I) 6 Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?(J) 7 Someone might argue, “If my falsehood enhances God’s truthfulness and so increases his glory,(K) why am I still condemned as a sinner?”(L) 8 Why not say—as some slanderously claim that we say—“Let us do evil that good may result”?(M) Their condemnation is just!
No One Is Righteous
9 What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage?(N) Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin.(O) 10 As it is written:
“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,
they have together become worthless;
there is no one who does good,
not even one.”[b](P)
13 “Their throats are open graves;
their tongues practice deceit.”[c](Q)
“The poison of vipers is on their lips.”[d](R)
14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”[e](S)
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 ruin and misery mark their ways,
17 and the way of peace they do not know.”[f](T)
18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”[g](U)
19 Now we know that whatever the law says,(V) it says to those who are under the law,(W) so that every mouth may be silenced(X) and the whole world held accountable to God.(Y) 20 Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law;(Z) rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.(AA)
Righteousness Through Faith
21 But now apart from the law the righteousness of God(AB) has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify.(AC) 22 This righteousness(AD) is given through faith(AE) in[h] Jesus Christ(AF) to all who believe.(AG) There is no difference between Jew and Gentile,(AH) 23 for all have sinned(AI) and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified(AJ) freely by his grace(AK) through the redemption(AL) that came by Christ Jesus. 25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement,[i](AM) through the shedding of his blood(AN)—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished(AO)— 26 he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.
27 Where, then, is boasting?(AP) It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith. 28 For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.(AQ) 29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,(AR) 30 since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.(AS) 31 Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.
Footnotes
- Romans 3:4 Psalm 51:4
- Romans 3:12 Psalms 14:1-3; 53:1-3; Eccles. 7:20
- Romans 3:13 Psalm 5:9
- Romans 3:13 Psalm 140:3
- Romans 3:14 Psalm 10:7 (see Septuagint)
- Romans 3:17 Isaiah 59:7,8
- Romans 3:18 Psalm 36:1
- Romans 3:22 Or through the faithfulness of
- Romans 3:25 The Greek for sacrifice of atonement refers to the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant (see Lev. 16:15,16).
Romans 3
King James Version
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.
Romeinen 3
Het Boek
Romeinen 3
Het Boek
Alle mensen hebben gezondigd
3 Is het dan niet belangrijk om Jood te zijn? Wat heeft de besnijdenis dan voor nut? 2 Veel! In alle opzichten! Het belangrijkste is dat God Zich juist aan de Joden heeft bekendgemaakt en hun zijn woorden heeft toevertrouwd. 3 Als sommigen van hen ontrouw zijn geweest, zal God daardoor dan ook ontrouw worden? 4 Nee! Ieder mens mag dan een leugenaar zijn, God is het niet, Hij spreekt altijd de waarheid. Er staat immers in de Psalmen: ‘Here, uw uitspraken zijn altijd rechtvaardig. U wint al uw rechtszaken.’ 5 Maar als onze onrechtvaardigheid de rechtvaardigheid van God bevestigt, hebben wij dán recht van spreken? Is God dus onrechtvaardig als Hij ons oordeelt? Dat is natuurlijk een menselijke gedachte! 6 Nee, God is niet onrechtvaardig! Anders zou Hij toch geen rechter van de wereld kunnen zijn.
7 Maar als God meer eer ontvangt door mijn oneerlijkheid—omdat die zo schril afsteekt tegen de waarheid van God—waarom word ik dan nog als zondaar veroordeeld? 8 Sommigen laten ons zeggen: doe het kwade dan maar, opdat het goede daaruit voortkomt. Deze mensen verdienen het oordeel.
9 Wil ik hiermee zeggen dat wij als Joden beter zijn dan de andere volken? Nee, absoluut niet. Ik heb al eerder gezegd dat alle mensen, Jood of niet-Jood, schuldig zijn, ze worden allen beheerst door de zonde. 10 Het staat zo in de Boeken: ‘Voor God is niemand rechtvaardig, werkelijk niemand. 11 Er is niemand verstandig. Er is niemand die echt zijn best doet om God te vinden. 12 Alle mensen hebben zich van God afgekeerd, zij zijn met elkaar de verkeerde weg opgegaan! Niemand doet wat goed is, zelfs niet één. 13 Wat uit hun mond komt, stinkt naar zonde en dood, zij gebruiken hun tong voor leugen en bedrog. Hun lippen spuwen dodelijk vergif. 14 Hun mond is vol vervloekingen en hatelijkheden. 15 Zij staan meteen klaar om te doden, 16 waar zij geweest zijn, laten zij een spoor van verwoesting en ellende achter. 17 Zij weten niet hoe zij in vrede moeten leven. 18 Zij hebben geen enkel ontzag voor God, zij houden geen rekening met Hem.’
19 Het is duidelijk dat deze woorden in het bijzonder gelden voor de Joden, die Gods wet hebben. Zo wordt iedereen de mond gesnoerd en gaat niemand vrijuit. De hele wereld is schuldig tegenover God. 20 Ook al houdt men zich aan de wet, dan nog gaat men voor God niet vrijuit. Het enige wat de wet doet, is de mens bewust maken van zijn zonde.
21 Maar nu is aan het licht gekomen dat God de mens buiten de wet om vrijspraak wil geven. Daar is in de Boeken al op gewezen. 22 Deze rechtvaardigheid voor God wordt bereikt door op Jezus Christus te vertrouwen. Dit geldt voor alle mensen die in Hem geloven, wie zij ook zijn. 23 Alle mensen hebben gezondigd en missen daardoor Gods nabijheid. 24 Maar God is zo goed en vergevend hen weer aan te nemen—zonder dat het hun iets kost en zonder dat zij het hebben verdiend—omdat Jezus Christus hen uit de greep van de zonde heeft bevrijd. 25 God heeft Christus Jezus gegeven als verzoeningsoffer. Door zijn bloed zal de mens, wanneer hij gelooft, Gods rechtvaardigheid ontdekken. God gaat namelijk voorbij aan de zonden die eerder gepleegd waren, 26 om uiteindelijk, in deze tijd, te laten zien hoe rechtvaardig Hij is. Dat doet Hij door iedereen die in Jezus gelooft, vrij te spreken.
27 Waarop kunnen wij ons dan nog beroemen? Nergens op! Waarom niet? Omdat we niet met God in het reine kunnen komen door ons aan de wet te houden. 28 Wij komen met God in het reine door op Jezus te vertrouwen en niet door stipt de wet na te leven. 29 Is God alleen de God van de Joden? En niet ook de God van de andere volken? 30 Natuurlijk, er is maar één God. Hij spreekt Joden én andere mensen vrij op voorwaarde dat zij in Jezus Christus geloven. 31 Betekent het dan dat wij door ons geloof in Jezus Christus de wet buiten werking stellen? Nee, integendeel. Dan doen wij juist wat de wet zegt.
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