Romans 3
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What advantage then has the Jew, or what is the profit of circumcision?
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Much in every way! Chiefly because a to them were committed the oracles of God.
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For what if b some did not believe? c Will their unbelief make the faithfulness of God without effect?
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d Certainly not! Indeed, let e God be true but f every man a liar. As it is written:
g "That You may be justified in Your words,
And may overcome when You are judged."
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But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust who inflicts wrath? h (I speak as a man.)
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Certainly not! For then i how will God judge the world?
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For if the truth of God has increased through my lie to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?
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And why not say, j "Let us do evil that good may come"? - as we are slanderously reported and as some affirm that we say. Their condemnation is just.
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What then? Are we better than they? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that k they are all under sin.
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As it is written:
l "There is none righteous, no, not one;
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There is none who understands;
There is none who seeks after God.
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They have all turned aside;
They have together become unprofitable;
There is none who does good, no, not one."
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"Their m throat is an open tomb;
With their tongues they have practiced deceit";
n "The poison of asps is under their lips";
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"Whose o mouth is full of cursing and bitterness."
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"Their p feet are swift to shed blood;
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Destruction and misery are in their ways;
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And the way of peace they have not known."
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"There q is no fear of God before their eyes."
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Now we know that whatever r the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that s every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
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Therefore t by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
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But now u the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, v being witnessed by the Law w and the Prophets,
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even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For x there is no difference;
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for y all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
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being justified freely z by His grace a through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
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whom God set forth b as a propitiation c by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over d the sins that were previously committed,
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to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
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e Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith.
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Therefore we conclude f that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law.
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Or is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also,
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since g there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
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Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law.
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Deuteronomy 4:5 - 8
Surely I have taught you statutes and judgments, just as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should act according to them in the land which you go to possess.
Psalms 147:19
He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.
Romans 9:4
Who are Israelites, to whom pertain the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises.
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Romans 10:16
But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, "LORD, who has believed our report?
Hebrews 4:2
For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.
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Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
2 Timothy 2:13
If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself.
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Job 40:8
Would you indeed annul My judgment? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?
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John 3:33
He who has received His testimony has certified that God is true.
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Psalms 62:9
Surely men of low degree are a vapor, Men of high degree are a lie; If they are weighed on the scales, They are altogether lighter than vapor.
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Psalms 51:4
Against You, You only, have I sinned, And done this evil in Your sight - That You may be found just when You speak, And blameless when You judge.
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Romans 6:19
I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness.
1 Corinthians 9:8
Do I say these things as a mere man? Or does not the law say the same also?
1 Corinthians 15:32
If, in the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me? If the dead do not rise, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!
Galatians 3:15
Brethren, I speak in the manner of men: Though it is only a man's covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no one annuls or adds to it.
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Genesis 18:25
"Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?"
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Romans 5:20
Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more.
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Romans 3:19
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Romans 3:23
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Romans 11:32
For God has committed them all to disobedience, that He might have mercy on all.
Galatians 3:22
But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
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Psalms 14:1 - 3
The fool has said in his heart, " There is no God." They are corrupt, They have done abominable works, There is none who does good.
Psalms 53:1 - 3
The fool has said in his heart, " There is no God." They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity; There is none who does good.
Ecclesiastes 7:20
For there is not a just man on earth who does good And does not sin.
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Psalms 5:9
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is destruction; Their throat is an open tomb; They flatter with their tongue.
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Psalms 140:3
They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; The poison of asps is under their lips. Selah
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Psalms 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression; Under his tongue is trouble and iniquity.
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Proverbs 1:16
For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.
Isaiah 59:7
Their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; Wasting and destruction are in their paths.
Isaiah 59:8
The way of peace they have not known, And there is no justice in their ways; They have made themselves crooked paths; Whoever takes that way shall not know peace.
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Psalms 36:1
An oracle within my heart concerning the transgression of the wicked: There is no fear of God before his eyes.
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John 10:34
Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your law, 'I said, "You are gods" ' ?
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Job 5:16
So the poor have hope, And injustice shuts her mouth.
Psalms 107:42
The righteous see it and rejoice, And all iniquity stops its mouth.
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Psalms 143:2
Do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For in Your sight no one living is righteous.
Acts 13:39
And by Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.
Galatians 2:16
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.
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Acts 15:11
"But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved in the same manner as they."
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John 5:46
For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me.
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1 Peter 1:10
Of this salvation the prophets have inquired and searched carefully, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you.
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Romans 10:12
For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him.
Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 3:11
Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all.
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Galatians 3:22
But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
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Romans 4:4
Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt.
Romans 4:16
Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all
Ephesians 2:8
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.
Titus 3:5
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit.
Titus 3:7
That having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
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Matthew 20:28
"just as the Son of Man did not come to be serv...
Ephesians 1:7
In Him we have redemption through His blood, th...
Colossians 1:14
In whom we have redemption through His blood, t...
1 Timothy 2:6
Who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testif...
Hebrews 9:12
Not with the blood of goats and calves, but wit...
Hebrews 9:15
And for this reason He is the Mediator of the n...
1 Peter 1:18
Knowing that you were not redeemed with corrupt...
1 Peter 1:19
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a ...
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Leviticus 16:15
Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering, which is for the people, bring its blood inside the veil, do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat and before the mercy seat.
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Colossians 1:20
And by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.
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Acts 14:16
Who in bygone generations allowed all nations to walk in their own ways.
Acts 17:30
Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent.
Romans 2:4
Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
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Romans 2:17
Indeed you are called a Jew, and rest on the law, and make your boast in God.
Romans 2:23
You who make your boast in the law, do you dishonor God through breaking the law?
1 Corinthians 1:29
That no flesh should glory in His presence.
Ephesians 2:9
Not of works, lest anyone should boast.
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Galatians 2:16
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.
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Romans 10:12
For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him.
Galatians 3:8
And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, "In you all the nations shall be blessed.
Galatians 3:20
Now a mediator does not mediate for one only, but God is one.
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