1 W hat advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?

¶ What advantage then has the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?

2 M uch every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

Much in every way: first, certainly, that the oracles of God have been entrusted unto them.

3 F or what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?

For what if some of them did not believe? Shall their unbelief have made the truth of God without effect?

4 G od 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.

No, in no wise: for God is true, and every man a liar; as it is written, That thou might be justified in thy words and might overcome when thou dost judge.

5 B ut if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)

And if our iniquity commends the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Shall for this reason God be unjust who sends punishment? (I speak as a man.)

6 G od forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?

No, in no wise: for then how shall God judge the world?

7 F or if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?

For if the truth of God has more abounded through my lie unto his glory, why even so am I also judged as a sinner?

8 A nd 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.

And why not say (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), Let us do evil, that good may come? The condemnation of whom is just.

9 W hat 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;

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 a s it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

as it is written, There is no one righteous, no, not one;

11 t here is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

there is no one that understands; there is no one that seeks after God.

12 T hey are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

They are all gone out of the way; they are together become unprofitable; there is no one that does good, no, not one.

13 T heir throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips,

14 w hose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness;

15 t heir feet are swift to shed blood:

their feet are swift to shed blood;

16 d estruction and misery are in their ways:

destruction and misery are in their ways,

17 a nd the way of peace have they not known:

and the way of peace they have not known;

18 t here is no fear of God before their eyes.

there is no fear of God before their eyes.

19 N ow 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.

¶ Now we know that all that the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may submit themselves unto God.

20 T herefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

For by the deeds of the law, no flesh shall be justified in his sight; for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

21 B ut now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

But now, without the law, the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets:

22 e ven the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

the righteousness, that is, of God by the faith of Jesus, the Christ, for all and upon all those that believe in him, for there is no difference;

23 f or all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

for all have sinned and are made destitute of the glory of God,

24 b eing justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Jesus, the Christ,

25 w hom 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;

whom God purposed for reconciliation through faith in his blood for the manifestation of his righteousness, for the remission of sins that are past, by the patience of God,

26 t o declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

manifesting in this time his righteousness that he only be the just one and the justifier of him that is of the faith of Jesus.

27 W here is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? No, but by the law of faith.

28 T herefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

Therefore, we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

29 I s he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:

Is he the God of the Jews only? Is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also,

30 s eeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

seeing it is one God who shall justify the circumcision by faith and the uncircumcision by faith.

31 D o we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

Do we then make void the law through faith? No, in no wise; to the contrary, we establish the law.