Isaiah 2:3
Legacy Standard Bible
3 And many peoples will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh,
To the house of the God of Jacob,
That He may instruct us [a]from His ways
And that we may walk in His paths.”
For (A)from Zion the [b]law will go forth
And the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 2:3 Or some of
- Isaiah 2:3 Or instruction
Romans 3
Legacy Standard Bible
There Is None Righteous
3 Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? 2 Great in every respect. First of all, that (A)they were entrusted with the (B)oracles of God. 3 What then? If (C)some [a]did not believe, does their [b]unbelief abolish the faithfulness of God? 4 (D)May it never be! Rather, let God be true and every man (E)a liar, as it is written,
5 But if our unrighteousness [d](G)demonstrates the righteousness of God, (H)what shall we say? Is the God who inflicts wrath unrighteous? ((I)I am speaking in human terms.) 6 (J)May it never be! For otherwise, how will (K)God judge the world? 7 But if through my lie (L)the truth of God abounded to His glory, (M)why 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), “(N)Let us do evil that good may come”? [e]Their condemnation is just.
9 What then? (O)Are we [f]better? Not at all; for we have already charged that both (P)Jews and (Q)Greeks are (R)all under sin; 10 as it is written,
“(S)There 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 worthless;
There is none who does good,
There is not even one.”
13 “(T)Their throat is an open tomb,
With their tongues they keep deceiving,”
“(U)The poison of asps is under their lips”;
14 “(V)Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness”;
15 “(W)Their 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 “(X)There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
19 Now we know that whatever the (Y)Law says, it speaks to (Z)those who are in the Law, so that every mouth may be shut and (AA)all the world may become accountable to God; 20 because (AB)by the works [g]of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for [h](AC)through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.
The Righteousness of God through Faith
21 But now apart [i]from the Law (AD)the righteousness of God has been manifested, being (AE)witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 22 even the (AF)righteousness of God through (AG)faith (AH)in Jesus Christ for (AI)all those [j]who believe; for (AJ)there is no distinction; 23 for all [k](AK)have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified as a gift (AL)by His grace through (AM)the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; 25 whom God displayed publicly as (AN)a [l]propitiation [m](AO)in His blood through faith, for a demonstration of His righteousness, [n]because in the (AP)forbearance of God He (AQ)passed over the sins previously committed; 26 for the demonstration of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who [o]has faith in Jesus.
27 Where then is (AR)boasting? It is excluded. By (AS)what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith. 28 [p]For (AT)we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works [q]of the Law. 29 Or (AU)is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, 30 since indeed (AV)God, (AW)who will justify the [r]circumcised [s]by faith and the [t]uncircumcised through that faith, (AX)is one.
31 Do we then abolish [u]the Law through faith? (AY)May it never be! On the contrary, we (AZ)establish the Law.
Footnotes
- Romans 3:3 Or were unfaithful
- Romans 3:3 Or unfaithfulness
- Romans 3:4 Lit in Your judging
- Romans 3:5 Or commends
- Romans 3:8 Lit Whose
- Romans 3:9 Or worse
- Romans 3:20 Or of law
- Romans 3:20 Or through law
- Romans 3:21 Or from law
- Romans 3:22 Or who believe. For there is no distinction, since they all have sinned...and are being justified
- Romans 3:23 Or sinned
- Romans 3:25 Or propitiatory sacrifice
- Romans 3:25 Or by
- Romans 3:25 Lit because of the passing over of the sins previously committed in the forbearance of God
- Romans 3:26 Lit is of the faith of Jesus
- Romans 3:28 One early ms Therefore
- Romans 3:28 Or of law
- Romans 3:30 Lit circumcision
- Romans 3:30 Lit out of
- Romans 3:30 Lit uncircumcision
- Romans 3:31 Or law
Romans 9:4-33
Legacy Standard Bible
4 who are (A)Israelites, to whom belongs (B)the adoption as sons, and (C)the glory and (D)the covenants and (E)the giving of the Law and (F)the temple service and (G)the promises, 5 whose are (H)the fathers, and (I)from whom is the [a]Christ according to the flesh, (J)who is (K)God over all, (L)blessed [b]forever. Amen.
6 But it is not as though (M)the word of God has failed. (N)For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel; 7 nor are they all children (O)because they are Abraham’s seed, but: “[c](P)through Isaac your seed will be named.” 8 That is, the children of the flesh are not the (Q)children of God, but the (R)children of the promise are considered as seed. 9 For this is the word of promise: “(S)At this time I will come, and Sarah shall have a son.” 10 (T)And not only this, but there was (U)Rebekah also, when she had conceived twins by one man, our father Isaac; 11 for though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad, so that the (V)purpose of God according to His choice would [d]stand, not [e]because of works but [f]because of Him who calls, 12 it was said to her, “(W)The older shall serve the younger.” 13 Just as it is written, “(X)Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
14 (Y)What shall we say then? (Z)Is there any unrighteousness with God? (AA)May it never be! 15 For He says to Moses, “(AB)I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” 16 So then it does not depend on the one who wills or the one who (AC)runs, but on (AD)God who has mercy. 17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “(AE)For this very purpose I raised you up, in order to demonstrate My power in you, and in order that My name might be proclaimed [g]throughout the whole earth.” 18 So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He (AF)hardens whom He desires.
19 (AG)You will say to me then, “(AH)Why does He still find fault? For (AI)who resists His will?” 20 On the contrary, who are you, (AJ)O man, who (AK)answers back to God? (AL)Will the thing molded say to the molder, “Why did you make me like this”? 21 Or does not the potter have authority over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel [h]for honorable use and another [i]for dishonorable use? 22 And [j]what if God, wanting to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much (AM)patience vessels of wrath (AN)having been prepared for destruction, 23 and in order that He might make known (AO)the riches of His glory upon (AP)vessels of mercy, which He (AQ)prepared beforehand for glory— 24 even us, whom He also (AR)called, (AS)not from among Jews only, but also from among Gentiles? 25 As He says also in Hosea,
“(AT)I will call those who were not My people, ‘My people,’
And her who was not beloved, ‘beloved.’”
26 “(AU)And it shall be that in the place where it was said to them, ‘you are not My people,’
There they shall be called sons of (AV)the living God.”
27 And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, “(AW)Though the number of the sons of Israel be (AX)like the sand of the sea, it is (AY)the remnant that will be saved; 28 (AZ)for the Lord will execute His word on the land, [k]thoroughly and [l]quickly.” 29 And just as Isaiah foretold,
“(BA)Unless (BB)the Lord of [m]Sabaoth had left to us a seed,
(BC)We would have become like Sodom, and would have [n]resembled Gomorrah.”
30 (BD)What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, laid hold of righteousness, even (BE)the righteousness which is [o]by faith; 31 but Israel, (BF)pursuing a law of righteousness, did not (BG)attain that law. 32 Why? Because they did not pursue it [p]by faith, but as though it were [q]by works. They stumbled over (BH)the stumbling stone, 33 just as it is written,
“(BI)Behold, I am laying in Zion (BJ)a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense,
(BK)And the one who believes upon Him (BL)will not be put to shame.”
Footnotes
- Romans 9:5 Messiah
- Romans 9:5 Lit to the ages
- Romans 9:7 Lit in
- Romans 9:11 Lit remain
- Romans 9:11 Lit from
- Romans 9:11 Lit from
- Romans 9:17 Lit in
- Romans 9:21 Lit for honor
- Romans 9:21 Lit for dishonor
- Romans 9:22 Lit But
- Romans 9:28 Lit finishing it
- Romans 9:28 Lit cutting it short
- Romans 9:29 Hosts
- Romans 9:29 Lit been made like
- Romans 9:30 Lit out of
- Romans 9:32 Lit out of
- Romans 9:32 Lit out of
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