1 ¿ Qué ventaja tiene, pues, el judío? ¿o de qué aprovecha la circuncisión?

Then what advantage remains to the Jew? Or what is the value or benefit of circumcision?

2 M ucho, en todas maneras. Primero, ciertamente, que les ha sido confiada la palabra de Dios.

Much in every way. To begin with, to the Jews were entrusted the oracles (the brief communications, the intentions, the utterances) of God.

3 ¿ Pues qué, si algunos de ellos han sido incrédulos? ¿Su incredulidad habrá hecho nula la fidelidad de Dios?

What if some did not believe and were without faith? Does their lack of faith and their faithlessness nullify and make ineffective and void the faithfulness of God and His fidelity ?

4 D e ninguna manera; antes bien sea Dios veraz, y todo hombre mentiroso; como está escrito: Para que seas justificado en tus palabras, Y venzas cuando fueres juzgado. m

By no means! Let God be found true though every human being is false and a liar, as it is written, That You may be justified and shown to be upright in what You say, and prevail when You are judged.

5 Y si nuestra injusticia hace resaltar la justicia de Dios, ¿qué diremos? ¿Será injusto Dios que da castigo? (Hablo como hombre.)

But if our unrighteousness thus establishes and exhibits the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust and wrong to inflict His wrath upon us ? I speak in a human way.

6 E n ninguna manera; de otro modo, ¿cómo juzgaría Dios al mundo?

By no means! Otherwise, how could God judge the world?

7 P ero si por mi mentira la verdad de Dios abundó para su gloria, ¿por qué aún soy juzgado como pecador?

But if through my falsehood God’s integrity is magnified and advertised and abounds to His glory, why am I still being judged as a sinner?

8 ¿ Y por qué no decir (como se nos calumnia, y como algunos, cuya condenación es justa, afirman que nosotros decimos): Hagamos males para que vengan bienes? No hay justo

And why should we not do evil that good may come?—as some slanderously charge us with teaching. Such is justly condemned by them.

9 ¿ Qué, pues? ¿Somos nosotros mejores que ellos? En ninguna manera; pues ya hemos acusado a judíos y a gentiles, que todos están bajo pecado.

Well then, are we superior and better off than they? No, not at all. We have already charged that all men, both Jews and Greeks (Gentiles), are under sin.

10 C omo está escrito: No hay justo, ni aun uno;

As it is written, None is righteous, just and truthful and upright and conscientious, no, not one.

11 N o hay quien entienda, No hay quien busque a Dios.

No one understands; no one seeks out God.

12 T odos se desviaron, a una se hicieron inútiles; No hay quien haga lo bueno, no hay ni siquiera uno.

All have turned aside; together they have gone wrong and have become unprofitable and worthless; no one does right, not even one!

13 S epulcro abierto es su garganta; Con su lengua engañan. Veneno de áspides hay debajo de sus labios;

Their throat is a yawning grave; they use their tongues to deceive (to mislead and to deal treacherously). The venom of asps is beneath their lips.

14 S u boca está llena de maldición y de amargura.

Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

15 S us pies se apresuran para derramar sangre;

Their feet are swift to shed blood.

16 Q uebranto y desventura hay en sus caminos;

Destruction and misery mark their ways.

17 Y no conocieron camino de paz.

And they have no experience of the way of peace.

18 N o hay temor de Dios delante de sus ojos.

There is no fear of God before their eyes.

19 P ero sabemos que todo lo que la ley dice, lo dice a los que están bajo la ley, para que toda boca se cierre y todo el mundo quede bajo el juicio de Dios;

Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be hushed and all the world may be held accountable to God.

20 y a que por las obras de la ley ningún ser humano será justificado delante de él; porque por medio de la ley es el conocimiento del pecado. La justicia es por medio de la fe

For no person will be justified (made righteous, acquitted, and judged acceptable) in His sight by observing the works prescribed by the Law. For the Law is to make men recognize and be conscious of sin '> not mere perception, but an acquaintance with sin which works toward repentance, faith, and holy character].

21 P ero ahora, aparte de la ley, se ha manifestado la justicia de Dios, testificada por la ley y por los profetas;

But now the righteousness of God has been revealed independently and altogether apart from the Law, although actually it is attested by the Law and the Prophets,

22 l a justicia de Dios por medio de la fe en Jesucristo, para todos los que creen en él. Porque no hay diferencia,

Namely, the righteousness of God which comes by believing with personal trust and confident reliance on Jesus Christ (the Messiah). for all who believe. For there is no distinction,

23 p or cuanto todos pecaron, y están destituidos de la gloria de Dios,

Since all have sinned and are falling short of the honor and glory which God bestows and receives.

24 s iendo justificados gratuitamente por su gracia, mediante la redención que es en Cristo Jesús,

are justified and made upright and in right standing with God, freely and gratuitously by His grace (His unmerited favor and mercy), through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus,

25 a quien Dios puso como propiciación por medio de la fe en su sangre, para manifestar su justicia, a causa de haber pasado por alto, en su paciencia, los pecados pasados,

Whom God put forward '> before the eyes of all] as a mercy seat and propitiation by His blood through faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in His divine forbearance He had passed over and ignored former sins without punishment.

26 c on la mira de manifestar en este tiempo su justicia, a fin de que él sea el justo, y el que justifica al que es de la fe de Jesús.

It was to demonstrate and prove at the present time ( in the now season) that He Himself is righteous and that He justifies and accepts as righteous him who has faith in Jesus.

27 ¿ Dónde, pues, está la jactancia? Queda excluida. ¿Por cuál ley? ¿Por la de las obras? No, sino por la ley de la fe.

Then what becomes of pride and boasting? It is excluded (banished, ruled out entirely). On what principle? of doing good deeds? No, but on the principle of faith.

28 C oncluimos, pues, que el hombre es justificado por fe sin las obras de la ley.

For we hold that a man is justified and made upright by faith independent of and distinctly apart from good deeds (works of the Law).

29 ¿ Es Dios solamente Dios de los judíos? ¿No es también Dios de los gentiles? Ciertamente, también de los gentiles.

Or is God merely of Jews? Is He not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,

30 P orque Dios es uno, y él justificará por la fe a los de la circuncisión, y por medio de la fe a los de la incircuncisión.

Since it is one and the same God Who will justify the circumcised by faith '> which germinated from Abraham] and the uncircumcised through their faith..

31 ¿ Luego por la fe invalidamos la ley? En ninguna manera, sino que confirmamos la ley.

Do we then by faith make the Law of no effect, overthrow it or make it a dead letter? Certainly not! On the contrary, we confirm and establish and uphold the Law.