1 What|strong="G5101" then|strong="G3767" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" advantage|strong="G4053" of|strong="G2228" the|strong="G3588" Jew|strong="G2453"? Or|strong="G2228" what|strong="G5101" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" benefit|strong="G5622" of|strong="G2228" circumcision|strong="G4061"?
2 Much|strong="G4183" in|strong="G2596" every|strong="G3956" way|strong="G5158". First|strong="G4413" of|strong="G2316" all|strong="G3956", the|strong="G3956" Jews were|strong="G3588" entrusted|strong="G4100" with|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3956" oracles|strong="G3051" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316".
3 Now what|strong="G5101" if|strong="G1487" some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2316" them|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" unfaithful? Will|strong="G2316" their|strong="G3588" unfaithfulness nullify|strong="G2673" the|strong="G3588" faithfulness|strong="G4102" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316"?
4 Certainly|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361"! Rather|strong="G1161", let|strong="G1096" God|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1096" true|strong="G3588" even|strong="G2532" if|strong="G2532" every|strong="G3956" man|strong="G3956" is|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1096" liar|strong="G5583", just|strong="G2531" as|strong="G2531" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" written|strong="G1125",
5 But|strong="G1161" if|strong="G1487" our|strong="G2316" unrighteousness demonstrates|strong="G4921" the|strong="G1161" righteousness|strong="G1343" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316", what|strong="G5101" shall|strong="G2316" we|strong="G2249" say|strong="G3004"? Is|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316", who|strong="G5101" inflicts|strong="G2018" wrath|strong="G3709", unrighteous? (I|strong="G1473" speak|strong="G3004" in|strong="G2596" a|strong="G1487" human way|strong="G2596".)
6 Certainly not|strong="G3361"! Otherwise|strong="G1893", how|strong="G4459" could|strong="G3361" God|strong="G2316" judge|strong="G2919" the|strong="G3588" world|strong="G2889"?
7 For|strong="G1519" if|strong="G1487" through|strong="G1722" my|strong="G1699" lie|strong="G5582" the|strong="G1722" truth of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" abounds to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" glory|strong="G1391", why|strong="G5101" am|strong="G2504" I|strong="G2504" still|strong="G2089" being|strong="G1722" judged|strong="G2919" as|strong="G5613" a|strong="G5613" sinner?
8 And|strong="G2532" why|strong="G2443" not|strong="G3361" say|strong="G3004" (just|strong="G2531" as|strong="G2531" some|strong="G5100" slanderously claim|strong="G5346" that|strong="G3754" we|strong="G2249" say|strong="G3004"), “Let|strong="G1510" us|strong="G3004" do|strong="G4160" evil|strong="G2556" that|strong="G3754" good|strong="G3588" may|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2064"”? Their|strong="G2532" condemnation|strong="G2917" is|strong="G1510" just|strong="G2531".
9 What|strong="G5101" then|strong="G3767"? Are|strong="G1510" we|strong="G1063" Jews|strong="G2453" any|strong="G3956" better|strong="G4284" off? Not|strong="G3756" at|strong="G3756" all|strong="G3956"! For|strong="G1063" we|strong="G1063" have|strong="G2532" previously charged|strong="G4256" that|strong="G3956" both|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453" and|strong="G2532" Greeks|strong="G1672" are|strong="G1510" all|strong="G3956" under|strong="G5259" sin,
10 just|strong="G2531" as|strong="G2531" it|strong="G3754" is|strong="G1510" written|strong="G1125",
11 there|strong="G1510" is|strong="G1510" none|strong="G3756" who|strong="G3588" understands|strong="G4920";
12 All|strong="G3956" have|strong="G1510" turned|strong="G1578" aside|strong="G1578"; together they|strong="G3588" have|strong="G1510" become|strong="G1510" useless;
13 “Their|strong="G3588" throat|strong="G2995" is|strong="G3588" an|strong="G1100" open grave|strong="G5028";
14 “Their|strong="G2532" mouth|strong="G4750" is|strong="G3588" full|strong="G1073" of|strong="G2532" cursing and|strong="G2532" bitterness|strong="G4088".”
15 “Their|strong="G3588" feet|strong="G4228" are|strong="G3588" swift|strong="G3691" to|strong="G3588" shed|strong="G1632" blood.
16 Ruin|strong="G4938" and|strong="G2532" misery|strong="G5004" are|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" their|strong="G2532" paths|strong="G3598",
17 and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" way|strong="G3598" of|strong="G2532" peace|strong="G1515" they|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" known|strong="G1097".”
18 “There|strong="G1510" is|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3756" fear|strong="G5401" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" before|strong="G3588" their|strong="G3588" eyes|strong="G3788".”
19 Now|strong="G1161" we|strong="G3754" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" whatever|strong="G3745" the|strong="G1722" law|strong="G3551" says|strong="G3004", it|strong="G2532" says|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2443" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" under|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" law|strong="G3551", so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G3754" every|strong="G3956" mouth|strong="G4750" may|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" stopped|strong="G5420" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G1722" world|strong="G2889" may|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" brought|strong="G1096" under|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" judgment of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316".
20 For|strong="G1063" by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3956" works|strong="G2041" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3956" law|strong="G3551" no|strong="G3756" flesh|strong="G4561" will|strong="G3956" be|strong="G3756" justified|strong="G1344" in|strong="G3956" his|strong="G3956" sight|strong="G1799", for|strong="G1063" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3956" law|strong="G3551" comes|strong="G1922" knowledge|strong="G1922" of|strong="G1537" sin.
21 But|strong="G1161" now|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" righteousness|strong="G1343" of|strong="G5259" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" been|strong="G2532" revealed|strong="G5319" apart|strong="G5565" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" law|strong="G3551", attested|strong="G3140" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2532" Law|strong="G3551" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Prophets|strong="G4396",
22 that|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510", the|strong="G1519" righteousness|strong="G1343" of|strong="G1223" God|strong="G2316" through|strong="G1223" faith|strong="G4102" in|strong="G1519" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547" for|strong="G1063" all|strong="G3956" and|strong="G1161" upon|strong="G1519" all|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" believe|strong="G4100"; for|strong="G1063" there|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3756" distinction|strong="G1293".
23 For|strong="G1063" all|strong="G3956" have|strong="G2532" sinned and|strong="G2532" fall|strong="G5302" short|strong="G5302" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" glory|strong="G1391" of|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316",
24 being|strong="G5547" freely|strong="G1432" justified|strong="G1344" by|strong="G1223" his|strong="G1223" grace|strong="G5485" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1722" redemption that|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" Christ|strong="G5547" Jesus|strong="G2424",
25 whom|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" put|strong="G1519" forward|strong="G1519" as|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1519" sacrifice of|strong="G1223" atonement, through|strong="G1223" faith|strong="G4102", by|strong="G1223" his|strong="G1223" blood. He|strong="G3739" did|strong="G2316" this|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" demonstrate|strong="G1732" his|strong="G1223" righteousness|strong="G1343", because|strong="G1223" in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1223" divine forbearance he|strong="G3739" had|strong="G2316" passed|strong="G3588" over|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" sins that|strong="G3739" had|strong="G2316" previously|strong="G4266" been committed|strong="G4266".
26 He|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" prove in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" present|strong="G3568" time|strong="G2540" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" righteous|strong="G1342" and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" justifies|strong="G1344" the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" has|strong="G2316" faith|strong="G4102" in|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G2424".
27 Where|strong="G4226" then|strong="G3767" is|strong="G3588" boasting|strong="G2746"? It|strong="G1223" is|strong="G3588" excluded|strong="G1576". By|strong="G1223" what|strong="G4169" kind|strong="G4169" of|strong="G1223" law|strong="G3551"? By|strong="G1223" a|strong="G1223" law|strong="G3551" of|strong="G1223" works|strong="G2041"? No|strong="G3780", but|strong="G3767" by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1223" law|strong="G3551" of|strong="G1223" faith|strong="G4102".
28 We|strong="G1063" conclude therefore|strong="G1063" that|strong="G1063" a|strong="G2041" person is|strong="G4102" justified|strong="G1344" by|strong="G1344" faith|strong="G4102" apart|strong="G5565" from|strong="G5565" the|strong="G1063" works|strong="G2041" of|strong="G3551" the|strong="G1063" law|strong="G3551".
29 Or|strong="G2228" is|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453" only|strong="G3440"? Is|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3780" the|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2532" Gentiles|strong="G1484" also|strong="G2532"? Yes|strong="G3483", of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2532" Gentiles|strong="G1484" also|strong="G2532",
30 since|strong="G1537" God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G3588" one|strong="G1520", who|strong="G3739" will|strong="G2316" justify|strong="G1344" the|strong="G2532" circumcised|strong="G4061" by|strong="G1223" faith|strong="G4102" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" uncircumcised through|strong="G1223" faith|strong="G4102".
31 Do|strong="G1096" we|strong="G3767" then|strong="G3767" nullify|strong="G2673" the|strong="G1223" law|strong="G3551" through|strong="G1223" faith|strong="G4102"? Certainly not|strong="G3361"! On|strong="G2476" the|strong="G1223" contrary, we|strong="G3767" uphold|strong="G2476" the|strong="G1223" law|strong="G3551".