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27 Where then is (A)boasting? It is excluded. By (B)what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith. 28 [a]For (C)we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works [b]of the Law. 29 Or (D)is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, 30 since indeed (E)God, (F)who will justify the [c]circumcised [d]by faith and the [e]uncircumcised through that faith, (G)is one.

31 Do we then abolish [f]the Law through faith? (H)May it never be! On the contrary, we (I)establish the Law.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 3:28 One early ms Therefore
  2. Romans 3:28 Or of law
  3. Romans 3:30 Lit circumcision
  4. Romans 3:30 Lit out of
  5. Romans 3:30 Lit uncircumcision
  6. Romans 3:31 Or law

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.

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