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Romans 3
New American Standard Bible
Romans 3
New American Standard Bible
All the World Guilty
3 Then what [a]advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the benefit of circumcision? 2 Great in every respect. First, that (A)they were entrusted with the (B)actual words of God. 3 What then? If (C)some [b]did not believe, their [c]unbelief will not nullify the faithfulness of God, will it? 4 [d](D)Far from it! Rather, God must prove to be true, though every person be found (E)a liar, as it is written:
5 But if our unrighteousness [f](G)demonstrates the righteousness of God, (H)what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is He? ((I)I am speaking from a human viewpoint.) 6 (J)Far from it! For otherwise, how will (K)God judge the world? 7 But if through my lie (L)the truth of God abounded to His glory, (M)why am I also still being judged as a sinner? 8 And why not say (just as we are slanderously reported and as some claim that we say), “(N)Let’s do evil that good may come of it”? [g]Their condemnation is deserved.
9 What then? [h](O)Are we better than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that both (P)Jews and (Q)Greeks are (R)all under sin; 10 as it is written:
“(S)There is no righteous person, not even one;
11 There is no one who understands,
There is no one who seeks out God;
12 They have all turned aside, together they have become [i]corrupt;
There is no one who does good,
There is not even one.”
13 “(T)Their throat is an open grave,
With their tongues they keep deceiving,”
“(U)The venom of [j]asps is under their lips”;
14 “(V)Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness”;
15 “(W)Their feet are swift to shed blood,
16 Destruction and misery are in their paths,
17 And they have not known the way of peace.”
18 “(X)There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
19 Now we know that whatever the (Y)Law says, it speaks to (Z)those who are [k]under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and (AA)all the world may become accountable to God; 20 because (AB)by the works [l]of the Law [m]none of mankind will be justified in His sight; for [n](AC)through the Law comes [o]knowledge of sin.
Justification by Faith
21 But now apart [p]from the Law (AD)the righteousness of God has been revealed, being (AE)witnessed by the [q]Law and the Prophets, 22 but it is the (AF)righteousness of God through (AG)faith (AH)in Jesus Christ for (AI)all those [r]who believe; for (AJ)there is no distinction, 23 for all [s](AK)have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified as a gift (AL)by His grace through (AM)the redemption which is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God displayed publicly as (AN)a [t]propitiation [u](AO)in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, [v]because in God’s merciful (AP)restraint He (AQ)let the sins previously committed go unpunished; 26 for the demonstration, that is, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who [w]has faith in Jesus.
27 Where then is (AR)boasting? It has been excluded. By (AS)what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith. 28 [x]For (AT)we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from works [y]of the Law. 29 Or (AU)is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, 30 since indeed (AV)God (AW)who will justify the [z]circumcised [aa]by faith and the [ab]uncircumcised through faith (AX)is one.
31 Do we then nullify [ac]the Law through faith? (AY)Far from it! On the contrary, we (AZ)establish the Law.
Footnotes
- Romans 3:1 Lit is the advantage of the Jew
- Romans 3:3 Or were unfaithful
- Romans 3:3 Or unfaithfulness
- Romans 3:4 Lit May it never happen! And so throughout the ch
- Romans 3:4 Or in Your judging
- Romans 3:5 I.e., by requiring His judgment
- Romans 3:8 Lit Whose
- Romans 3:9 Or Are we worse
- Romans 3:12 Or depraved
- Romans 3:13 I.e., venomous snakes
- Romans 3:19 Lit in
- Romans 3:20 Or of law
- Romans 3:20 Lit no flesh
- Romans 3:20 Or through law
- Romans 3:20 Or recognition
- Romans 3:21 Or from law
- Romans 3:21 I.e., the Old Testament
- Romans 3:22 Or who believe. For there is
- Romans 3:23 Or sinned
- Romans 3:25 I.e., a means of reconciliation between God and mankind by paying the penalty for sin
- Romans 3:25 Or by
- Romans 3:25 Lit because of the passing over of the sins previously committed, in the restraint of God
- Romans 3:26 Lit is of the faith of Jesus
- Romans 3:28 One early ms Therefore
- Romans 3:28 Or of law
- Romans 3:30 Lit circumcision
- Romans 3:30 Lit out of
- Romans 3:30 Lit uncircumcision
- Romans 3:31 Or law
Roma 3
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Roma 3
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
3 Kung ganoon, ano ang kalamangan ng pagiging isang Judio? At ano ang kahalagahan ng pagiging tuli? 2 Totoong nakakahigit ang mga Judio sa maraming bagay. Una sa lahat, ipinagkatiwala sa kanila ang salita ng Dios. 3 Kung hindi naging tapat ang ilan sa pagsunod sa Dios, nangangahulugan bang hindi na rin magiging tapat ang Dios sa pagtupad sa kanyang mga pangako? 4 Aba hindi! Sapagkat tapat ang Dios sa kanyang mga salita, maging sinungaling man ang lahat ng tao. Gaya nga ng sinasabi sa Kasulatan, “Mapapatunayang tapat ka sa iyong salita, at laging tama sa iyong paghatol.”[a]
5 Baka naman may magsabi, “Kung sa pamamagitan ng mga ginagawa naming masama ay makikita ang kabutihan ng Dios, hindi makatarungan ang Dios kung parusahan niya kami.” (Ganyan ang pangangatwiran ng tao.) 6 Aba, hindi maaari iyan. Sapagkat kung ganyan, paano niya hahatulan ang mga tao sa mundo?
7 Baka naman mayroon ding magsabi, “Kung sa aking pagsisinungaling ay lumalabas na hindi sinungaling ang Dios, at dahil dito papupurihan pa siya, bakit niya ako parurusahan bilang isang makasalanan?” 8 Kung ganito ang iyong pangangatwiran, para mo na ring sinasabi na gumawa tayo ng masama para lumabas ang mabuti. At ayon sa mga taong naninira sa amin, ganyan daw ang aming itinuturo. Ang mga taong iyan ay nararapat lamang na parusahan ng Dios.
Ang Lahat ng Tao ay Makasalanan
9 Ano ngayon ang masasabi natin? Na tayo bang mga Judio ay talagang nakakalamang sa mga hindi Judio? Hindi! Sapagkat ipinaliwanag ko na, na ang lahat ng tao ay makasalanan, Judio man o hindi. 10 Gaya nga ng sinasabi sa Kasulatan,
“Walang matuwid sa paningin ng Dios, wala kahit isa.
11 Walang nakakaunawa tungkol sa Dios, walang nagsisikap na makilala siya.
12 Ang lahat ay tumalikod sa Dios at naging walang kabuluhan.
Walang gumagawa ng mabuti, wala kahit isa.”[b]
13 “Ang kanilang pananalitaʼy[c] hindi masikmura tulad ng bukas na libingan.
Ang kanilang sinasabiʼy[d] puro pandaraya.[e]
Ang mga salita[f] nilaʼy parang kamandag ng ahas.[g]
14 Ang lumalabas sa kanilang bibig ay panay pagmumura at masasakit na salita.[h]
15 Sa kaunting dahilan lang pumapatay agad sila ng tao.
16 Kapahamakan at hinagpis ang dala nila kahit saan.
17 Hindi nila alam ang mamuhay nang mapayapa,[i]
18 at wala silang takot sa Dios.”[j]
19 Ngayon, alam natin na ang lahat ng sinasabi ng Kautusan ay para sa ating mga Judio na namumuhay sa ilalim ng Kautusan, para walang maidahilan ang sinuman na hindi siya dapat parusahan. Ang lahat ng tao sa mundo ay mananagot sa Dios. 20 Sapagkat walang sinuman ang ituturing ng Dios na matuwid sa pamamagitan ng pagsunod sa Kautusan. Sa halip, ipinapakita ng Kautusan sa tao na makasalanan siya.
21 Pero ngayon, inihayag na kung paano itinuturing ng Dios na matuwid ang tao. Itoʼy hindi sa pamamagitan ng pagsunod sa Kautusan. Ang Kautusan na mismo at ang mga propeta ang nagpapatotoo rito. 22 Ang taoʼy itinuturing ng Dios na matuwid sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya kay Jesu-Cristo. At walang pinapaboran ang Dios. Kaya ang sinumang sumasampalataya kay Jesu-Cristo ay itinuturing niyang matuwid. 23 Sapagkat ang lahat ay nagkasala at hindi naging karapat-dapat sa paningin ng Dios. 24 Ngunit dahil sa biyaya ng Dios sa atin, itinuring niya tayong matuwid sa pamamagitan ni Cristo Jesus na siyang tumubos sa atin. Itoʼy regalo ng Dios. 25 Isinugo si Cristo Jesus sa mundo para ialay ang kanyang buhay, nang sa ganoon mawala ang galit ng Dios sa atin, at sa pamamagitan ng kanyang dugo ay mapatawad ang ating mga kasalanan kung sasampalataya tayo sa kanya. Ginawa iyon ng Dios para ipakita na matuwid siya. Noong unaʼy nagtimpi siya at pinalampas ang mga kasalanang ginawa ng mga tao, kahit na dapat sanaʼy pinarusahan na sila. 26 Isinugo niya si Cristo para ipakita sa kasalukuyang panahon na matuwid siya. Dahil sa ginawa ng Dios, pinatunayan niyang matuwid siya maging sa pagturing niyang matuwid sa mga makasalanang sumasampalataya kay Jesus. 27 Kaya wala tayong maipagmamalaki, dahil ang pagturing sa atin na matuwid ay hindi sa pamamagitan ng ating pagsunod sa Kautusan, kundi sa ating pananampalataya kay Jesus. 28 Sapagkat naniniwala tayo na itinuturing ng Dios na matuwid ang tao sa pamamagitan ng kanyang pananampalataya kay Cristo at hindi sa pagsunod sa Kautusan. 29 Ang Dios ay hindi lamang Dios ng mga Judio, kundi Dios din ng mga hindi Judio, dahil siyaʼy Dios ng lahat. 30 Iisa lamang ang Dios para sa mga Judio at hindi Judio, at ituturing silang matuwid ng Dios dahil sa kanilang pananampalataya kay Cristo. 31 Nangangahulugan bang binabalewala namin ang Kautusan sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya? Hindi! Sa halip, lalo pa nga naming tinutupad ang layunin ng 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.
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