Romans:3

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* What then [is ] the superiority of the Jew , or what is the profit of circumcision ? * Much in every way ! First of all , that they were entrusted with the [very ]words of God ! * For what if some did not believe ? Will their unbelief nullify the faithfulness of God ? * By no means ! Indeed , let God be true but every man a liar , just as it is written : "That You may be justified in Your words , and You may prevail when You are judged ." * But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God , what shall we say ? [Surely ] God , the [One ]inflicting wrath is not unrighteous , is [He ]? (I speak as a man ). * By no means ! For otherwise how shall God judge the world ? * For if by my lie the truth of God has abounded to His glory , why am I also still judged as a sinner ? * And why not say , "Let us do evil so that good may come "?-just as we are slandered , and just as some affirm that we say . [The ] judgment of whom is just . * What then ? Are we [any ] better ? Not at all . For we previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin . * Just as it is written : "There is none righteous , no not one , * There is none who understands ; there is none who seeks God . * All [have ]turned aside ; together they became unprofitable ; there is not [one ] doing kindness , there is not so much as one ." * "Their throat is an opened grave ; with their tongues they deceived "; "[the ]poison of asps is under their lips "; * "Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness . * Their feet are swift to shed blood ; * Ruin and misery are in their ways ; * And the way of peace they did not know . * There is no fear of God before their eyes ." * Now we know that as many things as the law says , it speaks to those under the law , so that every mouth may be stopped , and all the world may become guilty before God . * Therefore by works of the law no flesh shall be justified in His sight , for through the law [comes ] [the ] knowledge of sin . * But now the righteousness of God apart from the law has been revealed , being witnessed to by the Law and the Prophets , * even the righteousness of God , through [the ] faithfulness of Jesus Christ , to all and upon all those that believe . For there is no distinction ; * for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God , * being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus , * whom God set forth as a propitiation through faith in His blood , for a demonstration of His righteousness through the passing over of the sins having previously committed , in the forbearance of God , * for a demonstration of His righteousness in the present time , that He might be just and the justifier of he who has [the ] faith of Jesus . * Where then is the boasting ? It is excluded . Through what law ? Of works ? No , but through the law of faith . * Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law . * Or is He the God of the Jews only ? But is He not also the God of the Gentiles ? Yes , of the Gentiles also , * since there is one God who will justify [the ]circumcision by faith , and the uncircumcised through faith . * Therefore do we nullify the law through faith ? By no means ! On the contrary , we uphold [the ] law .

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