Romans 3:27-31
Christian Standard Bible
Boasting Excluded
27 Where, then, is boasting?(A) It is excluded. By what kind of law?[a](B) By one of works? No, on the contrary, by a law[b] of faith. 28 For we conclude that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.(C) 29 Or is God the God of Jews only?(D) Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, 30 since there is one God(E) who will justify the circumcised by faith(F) and the uncircumcised through faith. 31 Do we then nullify the law through faith? Absolutely not!(G) On the contrary, we uphold the law.(H)
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Romans 3:27-31
New Living Translation
27 Can we boast, then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is not based on obeying the law. It is based on faith. 28 So we are made right with God through faith and not by obeying the law.
29 After all, is God the God of the Jews only? Isn’t he also the God of the Gentiles? Of course he is. 30 There is only one God, and he makes people right with himself only by faith, whether they are Jews or Gentiles.[a] 31 Well then, if we emphasize faith, does this mean that we can forget about the law? Of course not! In fact, only when we have faith do we truly fulfill the law.
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- 3:30 Greek whether they are circumcised or uncircumcised.
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