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Epistle to the Romans, Chapter 3

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Romans 3 NASB - New American Standard BibleRomans 3 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 3 of Romans—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Then what [a]advantage has the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?
  2. Great in every respect. First of all, that 1they were entrusted with the 2oracles of God.
  3. What then? If 3some [b]did not believe, their [c]unbelief will not nullify the faithfulness of God, will it?
  4. 4May it never be! Rather, let God be found true, though every man be found 5a liar, as it is written,
    ¶ “6THAT YOU MAY BE JUSTIFIED IN YOUR WORDS,
    AND PREVAIL WHEN YOU [d]ARE JUDGED.”
  5. ¶ But if our unrighteousness [e]7demonstrates the righteousness of God, 8what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is He? (9I am speaking in human terms.)
  6. 10May it never be! For otherwise, how will 11God judge the world?
  7. But if through my lie 12the truth of God abounded to His glory, 13why am I also still being judged as a sinner?
  8. And why not say (as we are slanderously reported and as some claim that we say), “14Let us do evil that good may come”? [f]Their condemnation is just.
  9. ¶ What then? [g]15Are we better than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that both 16Jews and 17Greeks are 18all under sin;
  10. as it is written,
    ¶ “19THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE;
  11. THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS,
    THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD;
  12. ALL HAVE TURNED ASIDE, TOGETHER THEY HAVE BECOME USELESS;
    THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD,
    THERE IS NOT EVEN ONE.”
  13. “20THEIR THROAT IS AN OPEN GRAVE,
    WITH THEIR TONGUES THEY KEEP DECEIVING,”
    “21THE POISON OF ASPS IS UNDER THEIR LIPS”;
  14. “22WHOSE MOUTH IS FULL OF CURSING AND BITTERNESS”;
  15. “23THEIR FEET ARE SWIFT TO SHED BLOOD,
  16. DESTRUCTION AND MISERY ARE IN THEIR PATHS,
  17. AND THE PATH OF PEACE THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN.”
  18. “24THERE IS NO FEAR OF GOD BEFORE THEIR EYES.”
  19. ¶ Now we know that whatever the 25Law says, it speaks to 26those who are [h]under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and 27all the world may become accountable to God;
  20. because 28by the works [i]of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for [j]29through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.
  21. ¶ But now apart [k]from the Law 30the righteousness of God has been manifested, being 31witnessed by the Law and the Prophets,
  22. even the 32righteousness of God through 33faith 34in Jesus Christ for 35all those [l]who believe; for 36there is no distinction;
  23. for all [m]37have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
  24. being justified as a gift 38by His grace through 39the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;
  25. whom God displayed publicly as 40a [n]propitiation [o]41in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, [p]because in the 42forbearance of God He 43passed over the sins previously committed;
  26. for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who [q]has faith in Jesus.
  27. ¶ Where then is 44boasting? It is excluded. By 45what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.
  28. [r]For 46we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works [s]of the Law.
  29. Or 47is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,
  30. since indeed 48God 49who will justify the [t]circumcised [u]by faith and the [v]uncircumcised through faith 50is one.
  31. ¶ Do we then nullify [w]the Law through faith? 51May it never be! On the contrary, we 52establish the Law.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit is the advantage of the Jew
  2. ^ Or were unfaithful
  3. ^ Or unfaithfulness
  4. ^ Lit in Your judging
  5. ^ Or commends
  6. ^ Lit Whose
  7. ^ Or Are we worse
  8. ^ Lit in
  9. ^ Or of law
  10. ^ Or through law
  11. ^ Or from law
  12. ^ Or who believe. For there is no distinction, since they all have sinned...and are being justified
  13. ^ Or sinned
  14. ^ Or a propitiatory sacrifice
  15. ^ Or by
  16. ^ Lit because of the passing over of the sins previously committed in the forbearance of God
  17. ^ Lit is of the faith of Jesus
  18. ^ One early ms reads Therefore
  19. ^ Or of law
  20. ^ Lit circumcision
  21. ^ Lit out of
  22. ^ Lit uncircumcision
  23. ^ Or law

REFERENCES

  1. ^ De 4:8; Ps 147:19; Ro 9:4
  2. ^ Ac 7:38
  3. ^ Ro 10:16; Heb 4:2
  4. ^ Lu 20:16; Ro 3:6, 31
  5. ^ Ps 116:11; Ro 3:7
  6. ^ Ps 51:4
  7. ^ Ro 5:8; 2Co 6:4; 7:11
  8. ^ Ro 4:1; 7:7; 8:31; 9:14, 30
  9. ^ Ro 6:19; 1Co 9:8; 15:32; Ga 3:15
  10. ^ Lu 20:16; Ro 3:4, 31
  11. ^ Ro 2:16
  12. ^ Ro 3:4
  13. ^ Ro 9:19
  14. ^ Ro 6:1
  15. ^ Ro 3:1
  16. ^ Ro 2:1-29
  17. ^ Ro 1:18-32
  18. ^ Ro 3:19, 23; 11:32; Ga 3:22
  19. ^ Ps 14:1-3; 53:1-3
  20. ^ Ps 5:9
  21. ^ Ps 140:3
  22. ^ Ps 10:7
  23. ^ Is 59:7f
  24. ^ Ps 36:1
  25. ^ Jn 10:34
  26. ^ Ro 2:12
  27. ^ Ro 3:9
  28. ^ Ps 143:2; Ac 13:39; Ga 2:16
  29. ^ Ro 4:15; 5:13, 20; 7:7
  30. ^ Ro 1:17; 9:30
  31. ^ Ac 10:43; Ro 1:2
  32. ^ Ro 1:17; 9:30
  33. ^ Ro 4:5
  34. ^ Ac 3:16; Ga 2:16, 20; 3:22; Eph 3:12
  35. ^ Ro 4:11, 16; 10:4
  36. ^ Ro 10:12; Ga 3:28; Col 3:11
  37. ^ Ro 3:9
  38. ^ Ro 4:4f, 16; Eph 2:8
  39. ^ 1Co 1:30; Eph 1:7; Col 1:14; Heb 9:15
  40. ^ 1Jo 2:2; 4:10
  41. ^ 1Co 5:7; Heb 9:14, 28; 1Pe 1:19; Re 1:5
  42. ^ Ro 2:4
  43. ^ Ac 14:16; 17:30
  44. ^ Ro 2:17, 23; 4:2; 1Co 1:29ff
  45. ^ Ro 9:31
  46. ^ Ac 13:39; Ro 3:20, 21; Eph 2:9; Jm 2:20, 24, 26
  47. ^ Ac 10:34f; Ro 9:24; 10:12; 15:9; Ga 3:28
  48. ^ Ro 10:12; Ga 3:20
  49. ^ Ro 3:22; 4:11f, 16; Ga 3:8
  50. ^ De 6:4
  51. ^ Lu 20:16; Ro 3:4
  52. ^ Mt 5:17; Ro 3:4, 6; 8:4

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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