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1. What advantage is there then in being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?
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1. What G5101 advantage G4053 then G3767 hath the G3588 Jew G2453 ? or G2228 what G5101 profit G5622 is there of circumcision G4061 ?
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2. Much, in every respect. (For) in the first place, they were entrusted with the utterances of God.
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2. Much G4183 every G3956 way G5158 : chiefly G4412 G3303 , because G1063 that G3754 unto them were committed G4100 the G3588 oracles G3051 of God G2316 .
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3. What if some were unfaithful? Will their infidelity nullify the fidelity of God?
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3. For G1063 what G5101 if G1487 some G5100 did not believe G569 ? shall their G848 unbelief G570 G3361 make the faith of God without effect G2673 G3588 G4102 G2316 ?
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4. Of course not! God must be true, though every human being is a liar, as it is written: "That you may be justified in your words, and conquer when you are judged."
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4. God forbid G1096 G3361 : yea , let God G2316 be G1096 true G227 , but G1161 every G3956 man G444 a liar G5583 ; as G2531 it is written G1125 , That G3704 thou mightest be justified G1344 G302 in G1722 thy G4675 sayings G3056 , and G2532 mightest overcome G3528 when thou G4571 art judged G2919 .
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5. But if our wickedness provides proof of God's righteousness, what can we say? Is God unjust, humanly speaking, to inflict his wrath?
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5. But G1161 if G1487 our G2257 unrighteousness G93 commend G4921 the righteousness G1343 of God G2316 , what G5101 shall we say G2046 ? Is God G2316 unrighteous G94 who taketh G2018 vengeance? I G3709 ( speak G3004 as G2596 a man G444 )
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6. Of course not! For how else is God to judge the world?
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6. God forbid G1096 G3361 : for then G1893 how G4459 shall God G2316 judge G2919 the G3588 world G2889 ?
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7. But if God's truth redounds to his glory through my falsehood, why am I still being condemned as a sinner?
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7. For G1063 if G1487 the G3588 truth G225 of God G2316 hath more abounded G4052 through G1722 my G1699 lie G5582 unto G1519 his G848 glory G1391 ; why G5101 yet G2089 am I also G2504 judged G2919 as G5613 a sinner G268 ?
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8. And why not say-- as we are accused and as some claim we say-- that we should do evil that good may come of it? Their penalty is what they deserve.
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8. And G2532 not G3361 rather, ( as G2531 we be slanderously reported G987 , and G2532 as G2531 some G5100 affirm G5346 that we G2248 say,) Let us G3004 do G4160 evil G2556 , that G2443 good G18 may come G2064 ? whose G3739 damnation G2917 is G2076 just G1738 .
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9. Well, then, are we better off? Not entirely, for we have already brought the charge against Jews and Greeks alike that they are all under the domination of sin,
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9. What G5101 then G3767 ? are we better G4284 than they ? No G3756 , in no wise G3843 : for G1063 we have before proved G4256 both G5037 Jews G2453 and G2532 Gentiles G1672 , that they are G1511 all G3956 under G5259 sin G266 ;
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10. as it is written: "There is no one just, not one,
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10. As G2531 it is written G1125 , There is G2076 none G3756 righteous G1342 , no, not G3761 one G1520 :
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11. there is no one who understands, there is no one who seeks God.
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11. There is G2076 none G3756 that understandeth G4920 , there is G2076 none G3756 that seeketh after G1567 God G2316 .
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12. All have gone astray; all alike are worthless; there is not one who does good, (there is not) even one.
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12. They are all G3956 gone out of the way G1578 , they are together G260 become unprofitable G889 ; there is G2076 none G3756 that doeth G4160 good G5544 , no G2076 , not G3756 G2193 one G1520 .
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13. Their throats are open graves; they deceive with their tongues; the venom of asps is on their lips;
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13. Their G848 throat G2995 is an open G455 sepulcher G5028 ; with their G848 tongues G1100 they have used deceit G1387 ; the poison G2447 of asps G785 is under G5259 their G848 lips G5491 :
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14. their mouths are full of bitter cursing.
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14. Whose G3739 mouth G4750 is full G1073 of cursing G685 and G2532 bitterness G4088 :
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15. Their feet are quick to shed blood;
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15. Their G848 feet G4228 are swift G3691 to shed G1632 blood G129 :
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16. ruin and misery are in their ways,
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16. Destruction G4938 and G2532 misery G5004 are in G1722 their G848 ways G3598 :
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17. and the way of peace they know not.
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17. And G2532 the way G3598 of peace G1515 have they not G3756 known G1097 :
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18. There is no fear of God before their eyes."
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18. There is G2076 no G3756 fear G5401 of God G2316 before G561 their G848 eyes G3788 .
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19. Now we know that what the law says is addressed to those under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world stand accountable to God,
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19. Now G1161 we know G1492 that G3754 what things soever G3745 the G3588 law G3551 saith G3004 , it saith G2980 to them G3588 who are under G1722 the G3588 law G3551 : that G2443 every G3956 mouth G4750 may be stopped G5420 , and G2532 all G3956 the G3588 world G2889 may become G1096 guilty G5267 before God G2316 .
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20. since no human being will be justified in his sight by observing the law; for through the law comes consciousness of sin.
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20. Therefore G1360 by G1537 the deeds G2041 of the law G3551 there shall no G3756 G3956 flesh G4561 be justified G1344 in his sight G1799 G846 : for G1063 by G1223 the law G3551 is the knowledge G1922 of sin G266 .
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21. But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, though testified to by the law and the prophets,
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21. But G1161 now G3570 the righteousness G1343 of God G2316 without G5565 the law G3551 is manifested G5319 , being witnessed G3140 by G5259 the G3588 law G3551 and G2532 the G3588 prophets G4396 ;
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22. the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction;
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22. Even G1161 the righteousness G1343 of God G2316 which is by G1223 faith G4102 of Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 unto G1519 all G3956 and G2532 upon G1909 all G3956 them that believe G4100 : for G1063 there is G2076 no G3756 difference G1293 :
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23. all have sinned and are deprived of the glory of God.
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23. For G1063 all G3956 have sinned G264 , and G2532 come short G5302 of the G3588 glory G1391 of God G2316 ;
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24. They are justified freely by his grace through the redemption in Christ Jesus,
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24. Being justified G1344 freely G1432 by his G848 grace G5485 through G1223 the G3588 redemption G629 that G3588 is in G1722 Christ G5547 Jesus G2424 :
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25. whom God set forth as an expiation, through faith, by his blood, to prove his righteousness because of the forgiveness of sins previously committed,
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25. Whom G3739 God G2316 hath set forth G4388 to be a propitiation G2435 through G1223 faith G4102 in G1722 his G848 blood G129 , to declare G1519 G1732 his G848 righteousness G1343 for G1223 the G3588 remission G3929 of sins G265 that are past G4266 , through G1722 the G3588 forbearance G463 of God G2316 ;
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26. through the forbearance of God-- to prove his righteousness in the present time, that he might be righteous and justify the one who has faith in Jesus.
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26. To G4314 declare G1732 , I say, at G1722 this G3568 time G2540 his G846 righteousness G1343 : that he G846 might be G1511 just G1342 , and G2532 the justifier G1344 of him G3588 which believeth G1537 G4102 in Jesus G2424 .
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27. What occasion is there then for boasting? It is ruled out. On what principle, that of works? No, rather on the principle of faith.
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27. Where G4226 is boasting G2746 then G3767 ? It is excluded G1576 . By G1223 what G4169 law G3551 ? of works G2041 ? Nay G3780 : but G235 by G1223 the law G3551 of faith G4102 .
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28. For we consider that a person is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
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28. Therefore G3767 we conclude G3049 that a man G444 is justified G1344 by faith G4102 without G5565 the deeds G2041 of the law G3551 .
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29. Does God belong to Jews alone? Does he not belong to Gentiles, too? Yes, also to Gentiles,
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29. Is he G2228 the G3588 God G2316 of the Jews G2453 only G3440 ? is he G1161 not G3780 also G2532 of the Gentiles G1484 ? Yes G3483 , of the Gentiles G1484 also G2532 :
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30. for God is one and will justify the circumcised on the basis of faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
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30. Seeing G1897 it is one G1520 God G2316 , which G3739 shall justify G1344 the circumcision G4061 by G1537 faith G4102 , and G2532 uncircumcision G203 through G1223 faith G4102 .
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31. Are we then annulling the law by this faith? Of course not! On the contrary, we are supporting the law.
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31. Do we then G3767 make void G2673 the law G3551 through G1223 faith G4102 ? God forbid G1096 G3361 : yea G235 , we establish G2476 the law G3551 .
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