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2 1 He bringeth all before the judgment seat of God. 12 The excuse the Gentiles might pretend, 14 of ignorance, he taketh quite away. 17 He urgeth the Jews with the written Law, 23 in which they boasted. 27 And so maketh both Jew and Gentile alike.
1 Therefore [a]thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that condemnest: for in that thou condemnest another, thou condemnest thyself: for thou that condemnest, doest the same things.
2 But we [b]know that the judgment of God is according to [c]truth, against them which commit such things.
3 And thinkest thou this, O thou man, that condemnest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
4 [d]Or despisest thou the riches of his bountifulness, and patience, and long sufferance, not knowing that the bountifulness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
5 But thou, after thine hardness, and heart that cannot repent, (A)[e]heapest up as a treasure unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath, and of the declaration of the just judgment of God,
6 (B)[f]Who will reward every man according to his works:
7 That is, to them which through patience in well doing, seek [g]glory, and honor, and immortality, everlasting life:
8 But unto them that are contentious, and disobey the [h]truth, and obey unrighteousness, shall be [i]indignation and wrath.
9 Tribulation and anguish shall be upon the soul of every man that doeth evil: of the Jew first, and also of the Grecian.
10 But to every man that doeth good, shall be glory, and honor, and peace: to the Jew first, and also to the Grecian.
11 For there is [j]no respect of persons with God.
12 [k]For as many as have sinned without the Law, shall perish also without the Law: and as many as have sinned in the Law, shall be judged by the Law,
13 [l](For the hearers of the Law are not righteous before God: but the doers of the Law shall be [m]justified.
14 [n]For when the Gentiles which have [o]not the Law, do by [p]nature the things contained in the Law, they having not the Law, are a Law unto themselves,
15 Which show the effect of the Law [q]written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness and their thoughts accusing one another, or excusing.)
16 [r]At the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to [s]my Gospel.
17 ¶ [t]Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the Law, and gloriest in God,
18 And knowest his will, and [u][v]triest the things that dissent from it, in that thou art instructed by the Law:
19 And persuadest thyself that thou art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
20 An instructor of them which lack discretion, a teacher of the unlearned, which hast the [w]form of knowledge, and of the truth in the [x]law.
21 Thou therefore, which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest, A man should not steal, dost thou steal?
22 Thou that sayest, A man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, committest thou sacrilege?
23 Thou that gloriest in the Law, through breaking the Law, dishonorest thou God?
24 For the Name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, (C)as it is written.
25 [y]For circumcision verily is profitable, if thou do the Law: but if thou be a transgressor of the Law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
26 Therefore [z]if the uncircumcision keep the ordinances of the Law, shall not his [aa]uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
27 And shall not [ab]uncircumcision which is by nature (if it keep the Law) condemn thee which by the [ac]letter and circumcision art a transgressor of the Law?
28 For he is not a Jew, which is one [ad]outward: neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
29 But he is a Jew which is one within, and the circumcision is of the heart, in the [ae]spirit, not in the letter, whose praise is not of men, but of God.
3 1 He giveth the Jews some 2 preferment, for the covenant’s sake, 4 but yet such, as wholly dependeth on God’s mercy. 9 That both Jews and Gentiles are sinners, 11 he proveth by Scriptures: 19 and showing the use of the Law, 28 he concludeth that we are justified by faith.
1 What [af]is then the preferment of the Jew? or what is the profit of circumcision?
2 Much every manner of way: for [ag]chiefly, because unto them were of credit committed the [ah]oracles of God.
3 For what, though some did not [ai]believe? shall their unbelief make the [aj]faith of God without effect?
4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, and every man a liar, as it is written, That thou mightest be [ak]justified in thy words, and overcome, [al]when thou art judged.
5 [am]Now if our [an]unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? is God unrighteous which punisheth? (I speak as [ao]a man.)
6 God forbid: (else how shall God judge the world?)
7 [ap]For if the [aq]verity of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory, why am I yet condemned as a sinner?
8 And (as we are blamed, and as some affirm, that we say) why do we not evil, that good may come thereof? whose damnation is just.
9 [ar]What then? are we more excellent? No, in no wise: for we have already proved, that all, both Jews and Gentiles are [as]under sin,
10 As it is written, (D)There is none righteous no not one.
11 There is none that understandeth: there is none that seeketh God.
12 They have all gone out of the way: they have been made altogether unprofitable: there is none that doeth good, no not one.
13 (E)Their throat is an open sepulcher: they have used their tongues to deceit: (F)the poison of asps is under their lips.
14 (G)Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.
15 (H)Their feet are swift to shed blood.
16 Destruction and calamity are in their ways:
17 And the [at]way of peace they have not known.
18 (I)The fear of God is not before their eyes.
19 [au]Now we know that whatsoever the [av]law saith, it saith it to them which are under the law, that [aw]every mouth may be stopped, and all the world be [ax]subject to the judgment of God.
20 Therefore by the [ay]works of the Law shall no [az]flesh be [ba]justified in his [bb]sight: for by the Law cometh the knowledge of sin.
21 [bc]But now is the righteousness of God made manifest without the Law, having witness of the Law, and of the Prophets,
22 [bd]To wit, the righteousness of God by the faith of [be]Jesus Christ, unto all, and upon all that believe.
23 For there is no difference: for all have sinned, and are deprived of the [bf]glory of God,
24 [bg]And are justified [bh]freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
25 [bi]Whom God hath set forth to be a reconciliation through faith in his [bj]blood to declare his righteousness, by the forgiveness of the sins that [bk]are passed,
26 Through the [bl]patience of God, to show at [bm]this time his righteousness, that he might be [bn]just, and a [bo]justifier of him which is of the [bp]faith of Jesus.
27 [bq]Where is then the rejoicing? It is excluded. By what [br]Law? of works? Nay: but by the Law of faith.
28 Therefore we conclude, that a man is justified by faith, without the works of the Law.
29 [bs]God, is he the God of the [bt]Jews only, and not of the Gentiles also? Yes, even of the Gentiles also.
30 For it is one God, who shall justify [bu]circumcision of faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
31 [bv]Do we then make the Law of [bw]none effect through faith? God forbid: yea, we [bx]establish the Law.
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