Romans — Chapter 3

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Romans 3:1 What ^Radvantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?

Romans 3:2 ^RMuch every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

Romans 3:3 For what ^Rif some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?

Romans 3:4 ^RGod forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

Romans 3:5 ^RBut if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)

Romans 3:6 God forbid: ^Rfor then how shall God judge the world?

Romans 3:7 For ^Rif the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?

Romans 3:8 And not rather, (as ^Rwe be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.

Romans 3:9 ^RWhat then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

Romans 3:10 ^RAs it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

Romans 3:11 There is ^Rnone that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

Romans 3:12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together ^Rbecome unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Romans 3:13 Their ^Rthroat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

Romans 3:14 ^RWhose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

Romans 3:15 ^RTheir feet are swift to shed blood:

Romans 3:16 Destruction and misery are in their ways:

Romans 3:17 ^RAnd the way of peace have they not known:

Romans 3:18 ^RThere is no fear of God before their eyes.

Romans 3:19 Now we know that ^Rwhat things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

Romans 3:20 ^RTherefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

Romans 3:21 But now the ^Rrighteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

Romans 3:22 Even the righteousness of God ^Rwhich is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

Romans 3:23 For ^Rall have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Romans 3:24 Being ^Rjustified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

Romans 3:25 Whom God hath ^Rset forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

Romans 3:26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: ^Rthat he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

Romans 3:27 ^RWhere is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

Romans 3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is ^Rjustified by faith without the deeds of the law.

Romans 3:29 ^RIs he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:

Romans 3:30 Seeing it is one God, which shall ^Rjustify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

Romans 3:31 ^RDo we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

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📖 What We’re Reading

Romans 3:1–8 — God’s faithfulness is not canceled by human unfaithfulness

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Paul acknowledges Israel’s entrusted oracles and addresses objections about unbelief and righteousness. He rejects the argument that evil should be done to produce good or that human falsehood makes God untrue.

Key Truth: Do not use clever reasoning to excuse wrongdoing.

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📖 What We’re Reading

Romans 3:9–20 — Scripture exposes the common condition of sin

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

A series of Scripture statements demonstrates that both Jews and Gentiles stand under sin. The law closes boasting and makes sin known rather than furnishing justification through deeds of law.

Key Truth: Receive conviction without claiming exemption through religious status.

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📖 What We’re Reading

Romans 3:21–31 — God’s righteousness is received through faith in Jesus Christ

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Paul announces righteousness apart from the law, witnessed by law and prophets, through faith in Jesus Christ. All have sinned, justification is by grace through redemption, and boasting is excluded while the law is established.

Key Truth: Receive grace with faith rather than using it as a ground for pride.

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Related Scripture (KJV)

Psalms 14:3 — Paul’s Scripture testimony recalls the universal turning aside described in this psalm.

Psalms 14:3 (KJV) They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

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