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

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

2 M uch every way: first of all, that they were intrusted with 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 were without faith? shall their want of faith make of none effect the faithfulness of God?

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 found true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy words, And mightest prevail when thou comest into judgment.

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 righteousness commendeth the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who visiteth with wrath? (I speak after the manner of men.)

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 B ut if the truth of God through my lie abounded unto his glory, why am I also still 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 why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), Let us do evil, that good may come? whose condemnation 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 before laid to the charge both of Jews and Greeks, 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 have all turned aside, they are together become unprofitable; There is none that doeth good, no, not, so much as 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 speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of 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 b ecause by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law cometh 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 apart from the law a righteousness of God hath been 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 through faith in Jesus Christ unto all them that believe; for there is no distinction;

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 fall 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 set forth to be a propitiation, through faith, in his blood, to show his righteousness because of the passing over of the sins done aforetime, in 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 f or the showing, I say, of his righteousness at this present season: that he might himself be just, and the justifier of him that hath faith 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 then is the glorying? It is excluded. By what manner of law? of works? Nay: but by a law of faith.

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

28 W e reckon therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

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

29 O r is God the God of Jews only? is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yea, of Gentiles also:

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

30 i f so be that God is one, and he shall justify the circumcision by faith, and the 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 the law of none effect through faith? God forbid: nay, we establish the law.

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