27 Where then is (A)boasting? It has been excluded. By (B)what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith. 28 [a]For (C)we maintain that a person 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 faith (G)is one.

31 Do we then nullify [f]the Law through faith? (H)Far from it! On the contrary, we (I)establish the Law.

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  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, then, is there to boast about? That has been eliminated. On what principle? On that of actions? No, but on the principle of faith. 28 For[a] we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the actions prescribed by the Law. 29 Is God the God of the Jews only? Is he not the God of the gentiles, too? Yes, of the gentiles, too, 30 since there is only one God who will justify the circumcised on the basis of faith and the uncircumcised by that same faith. 31 Do we, then, abolish the Law by this faith? Of course not! Instead, we uphold the Law.

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  1. Romans 3:28 Other mss. read Therefore