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1What advantage then hath the Jew, or what is the profit of circumcision?

2Much every way. First indeed, because the words of God were committed to them.

3For what if some of them have not believed? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? God forbid.

4But God is true; and every man a liar, as it is written, That thou mayest be justified in thy words, and mayest overcome when thou art judged.

5But if our injustice commend the justice of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust, who executeth wrath?

6(I speak according to man.) God forbid: otherwise how shall God judge this world?

7For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie, unto his glory, why am I also yet judged as a sinner?

8And not rather (as we are slandered, and as some affirm that we say) let us do evil, that there may come good? whose damnation is just.

9What then? Do we excel them? No, not so. For we have charged both Jews, and Greeks, that they are all under sin.

10As it is written: There is not any man just.

11There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

12All have turned out of the way; they are become unprofitable together: there is none that doth good, there is not so much as one.

13Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have dealt deceitfully. The venom of asps is under their lips.

14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

15Their feet swift to shed blood:

16Destruction and misery in their ways:

17And the way of peace they have not known:

18There is no fear of God before their eyes.

19Now we know, that what things soever the law speaketh, it speaketh to them that are in the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be made subject to God.

20Because by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified before him. For by the law is the knowledge of sin.

21But now without the law the justice of God is made manifest, being witnessed by the law and the prophets.

22Even the justice of God, by faith of Jesus Christ, unto all and upon all them that believe in him: for there is no distinction:

23For all have sinned, and do need the glory of God.

24Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption, that is in Christ Jesus,

25Whom God hath proposed to be a propitiation, through faith in his blood, to the shewing of his justice, for the remission of former sins,

26Through the forbearance of God, for the shewing of his justice in this time; that he himself may be just, and the justifier of him, who is of the faith of Jesus Christ.

27Where is then thy boasting? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith.

28For we account a man to be justified by faith, without the works of the law.

29Is he the God of the Jews only? Is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also.

30For it is one God, that justifieth circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

31Do we, then, destroy the law through faith? God forbid: but we establish the law.

1Quid ergo amplius Judæo est? aut quæ utilitas circumcisionis?

2Multum per omnem modum. Primum quidem quia credita sunt illis eloquia Dei.

3Quid enim si quidam illorum non crediderunt? numquid incredulitas illorum fidem Dei evacuabit? Absit.

4Est autem Deus verax: omnis autem homo mendax, sicut scriptum est: [Ut justificeris in sermonibus tuis: et vincas cum judicaris.]

5Si autem iniquitas nostra justitiam Dei commendat, quid dicemus? Numquid iniquus est Deus, qui infert iram?

6secundum hominem dico. Absit. Alioquin quomodo judicabit Deus hunc mundum?

7Si enim veritas Dei in meo mendacio abundavit in gloriam ipsius: quid adhuc et ego tamquam peccator judicor?

8et non (sicut blasphemamur, et sicut aiunt quidam nos dicere) faciamus mala ut veniant bona: quorum damnatio justa est.

9Quid ergo? præcellimus eos? Nequaquam. Causati enim sumus Judæos et Græcos omnes sub peccato esse,

10sicut scriptum est: [Quia non est justus quisquam:

11non est intelligens, non est requirens Deum.

12Omnes declinaverunt, simul inutiles facti sunt: non est qui faciat bonum, non est usque ad unum.

13Sepulchrum patens est guttur eorum, linguis suis dolose agebant: venenum aspidum sub labiis eorum:

14quorum os maledictione, et amaritudine plenum est:

15veloces pedes eorum ad effundendum sanguinem:

16contritio et infelicitas in viis eorum:

17et viam pacis non cognoverunt:

18non est timor Dei ante oculos eorum.]

19Scimus autem quoniam quæcumque lex loquitur, iis, qui in lege sunt, loquitur: ut omne os obstruatur, et subditus fiat omnis mundus Deo:

20quia ex operibus legis non justificabitur omnis caro coram illo. Per legem enim cognitio peccati.

21Nunc autem sine lege justitia Dei manifestata est: testificata a lege et prophetis.

22Justitia autem Dei per fidem Jesu Christi in omnes et super omnes qui credunt in eum: non enim est distinctio:

23omnes enim peccaverunt, et egent gloria Dei.

24Justificati gratis per gratiam ipsius, per redemptionem quæ est in Christo Jesu,

25quem proposuit Deus propitiationem per fidem in sanguine ipsius, ad ostensionem justitiæ suæ propter remissionem præcedentium delictorum

26in sustentatione Dei, ad ostensionem justitiæ ejus in hoc tempore: ut sit ipse justus, et justificans eum, qui est ex fide Jesu Christi.

27Ubi est ergo gloriatio tua? Exclusa est. Per quam legem? Factorum? Non: sed per legem fidei.

28Arbitramur enim justificari hominem per fidem sine operibus legis.

29An Judæorum Deus tantum? nonne et gentium? Immo et gentium:

30quoniam quidem unus est Deus, qui justificat circumcisionem ex fide, et præputium per fidem.

31Legem ergo destruimus per fidem? Absit: sed legem statuimus.

1So then, what more is the Jew, or what is the usefulness of circumcision?

2Much in every way: First of all, certainly, because the eloquence of God was entrusted to them.

3But what if some of them have not believed? Shall their unbelief nullify the faith of God? Let it not be so!

4For God is truthful, but every man is deceitful; just as it was written: “Therefore, you are justified in your words, and you will prevail when you give judgment.”

5But if even our injustice points to the justice of God, what shall we say? Could God be unfair for inflicting wrath?

6(I am speaking in human terms.) Let it not be so! Otherwise, how would God judge this world?

7For if the truth of God has abounded, through my falseness, unto his glory, why should I still be judged as such a sinner?

8And should we not do evil, so that good may result? For so we have been slandered, and so some have claimed we said; their condemnation is just.

9What is next? Should we try to excel ahead of them? By no means! For we have accused all Jews and Greeks to be under sin,

10just as it was written: “There is no one who is just.

11There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks God.

12All have gone astray; together they have become useless. There is no one who does good; there is not even one.

13Their throat is an open sepulcher. With their tongues, they have been acting deceitfully. The venom of asps is under their lips.

14Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.

15Their feet are swift to shed blood.

16Grief and unhappiness are in their ways.

17And the way of peace they have not known.

18There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

19But we know that whatever the law speaks, it speaks to those who are in the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the entire world may be subject to God.

20For in his presence no flesh shall be justified by the works of the law. For knowledge of sin is through the law.

21But now, without the law, the justice of God, to which the law and the prophets have testified, has been made manifest.

22And the justice of God, through the faith of Jesus Christ, is in all those and over all those who believe in him. For there is no distinction.

23For all have sinned and all are in need of the glory of God.

24We have been justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

25whom God has offered as a propitiation, through faith in his blood, to reveal his justice for the remission of the former offenses,

26and by the forbearance of God, to reveal his justice in this time, so that he himself might be both the Just One and the Justifier of anyone who is of the faith of Jesus Christ.

27So then, where is your self-exaltation? It is excluded. Through what law? That of works? No, but rather through the law of faith.

28For we judge a man to be justified by faith, without the works of the law.

29Is God of the Jews only and not also of the Gentiles? On the contrary, of the Gentiles also.

30For One is the God who justifies circumcision by faith and uncircumcision through faith.

31Are we then destroying the law through faith? Let it not be so! Instead, we are making the law stand.