Romans:3

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* WHAT then is the advantage of the Jew , or what is the benefit of circumcision ? * Much in every way . First , they were intrusted with the oracles of God . * For what if some were faithless , will their faithlessness prevent the faithfulness of God ? * Never . Let God be true , but every man a liar , as it is written , "That thou mayest be proved right in thy words and triumph when thou art judged ." * But if our unrighteousness shows the righteousness of God , what shall we say ? Is God unrighteous when he inflicts his wrath ? (note :)I am speaking humanly .(:note ) * Never . If so how can God judge the world ? * But if the truth of God has become more abundant to his glory through my lie , why am I still condemned as a sinner ? * We are not going to say , as some people slanderously affirm that we say , "Let us do evil that good may come ," are we ? The condemnation of such people is just . * What then ? Have we an advantage ? Not at all . We have already brought the charge against both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin , * as it is written , "There is not even one righteous ; * there is none that seeks God . * All have turned away ; together they have become worthless ; there is none who does what is useful , not even one . * Their throat is an open sepulcher ; with their tongues they deceive ; the poison of asps is under their lips . * Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness ; * their feet are swift to shed blood ; * ruin and misery are in their paths . * The path of peace they do not know . * There is no reverence for God before their eyes ." * We know that all that the Law says , it says to those who are under the Law , that every mouth may be shut and all the world may come under the condemnation of God . * Therefore by works of the Law no human being will be pronounced righteous before him . For through the Law comes the knowledge of sin . * But now , apart from law , a righteousness of God has been revealed , confirmed by the Law and the Prophets \'97 * a righteousness from God through faith in Jesus Christ for all believers . For there is no difference . * All have sinned and have come short of the glory of God . * All are pronounced righteous by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus , * whom God has set forth as a propitiation by his blood through faith , for the manifestation of his righteousness , because of the passing over of previous sins in the forbearance of God \'97 * for a manifestation at the present time of his righteousness , that he may himself be righteous and may accept as righteous him who has faith in Jesus . * Where then is boasting ? It is excluded . By what law ? That of works ? No , but by the law of faith . * For we reason that a man is pronounced righteous by faith aside from works of law . * Does God belong to the Jews only ? Does he not belong also to the Gentiles ? Yes , to the Gentiles , * if God is one and will pronounce the circumcision righteous by faith and the uncircumcision righteous through faith . * Do we then by faith nullify the Law ? Never . On the contrary we establish the Law .

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