Romans 33RomansAll have sinnedunfoldingWord® Literal Text

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1. God Remains Faithful

2. 1ULTWhat then{ is} the advantage of the Jew, or what{ is} the benefit of the circumcision?BSBBSB: What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?
3. 2ULTGreat in every way! For indeed first, that they were entrusted with the sayings of God.BSBBSB: Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.
4. 3ULTFor what if some were unfaithful? Their unfaithfulness will not nullify the faithfulness of God, will it?BSBBSB: What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?
5. 4ULTMay it never be! Instead, let God be true, but every man a liar. Just as it is written,“So that you might be justified in your words and you will prevail when you are judged.”BSBBSB: Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
6. 5ULTBut if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? God{ is} not unrighteous for imposing his wrath,{ is he}?(I speak according to men.)BSBBSB: But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.
7. 6ULTMay it never be! Otherwise, how will God judge the world?BSBBSB: Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?
8. 7ULTBut if the truth of God through my lie abounds to his glory, why am I still being judged as a sinner?BSBBSB: However, if my falsehood accentuates God’s truthfulness, to the increase of His glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?
9. 8ULTAnd not(just as we are blasphemed and just as some affirm us to say),“Let us do the evil things, so that the good things may come”?— whose judgment is just.BSBBSB: Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!

10. There Is No One Righteous

    (Psalm 14:1–7; Psalm 53:1–6; Isaiah 59:1–17)

11. 9ULTWhat then? Are we better off? Not at all. For we have already accused both Jews and Greeks, all of them, of being under sin.BSBBSB: What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.
12. 10ULTJust as it is written:“There is none righteous, not even one.BSBBSB: As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.
13. 11ULTThere is none who understands. There is none who seeks out God.BSBBSB: There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.
14. 12ULTAll of them turned away. They together became useless. There is none doing kindness— there is not even one.”BSBBSB: All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”
15. 13ULT“Their throat{ is} an opened grave. They keep deceiving with their tongues. The poison of asps{ is} under their lips,”BSBBSB: “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
16. 14ULT“whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”BSBBSB: “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
17. 15ULT“Their feet{ are} swift to pour out blood.BSBBSB: “Their feet are swift to shed blood;
18. 16ULTDestruction and suffering{ are} in their ways.BSBBSB: ruin and misery lie in their wake,
19. 17ULTAnd they do not know a way of peace.”BSBBSB: and the way of peace they have not known.”
20. 18ULT“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”BSBBSB: “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
21. 19ULTNow we know that as many things as the law says, it speaks to the ones with the law, so that every mouth may be shut and all the world may become accountable to GodBSBBSB: Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
22. 20ULTbecause not any flesh will be justified by works of law before him; for full awareness of sin{ is} through law.BSBBSB: Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.

23. Righteousness through Faith in Christ

    (Philippians 3:1–11)

24. 21ULTBut now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been made visible, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets;BSBBSB: But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets.
25. 22ULTbut the righteousness of God{ is} through faith in Jesus Christ for all the ones believing, for there is no distinction.BSBBSB: And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,
26. 23ULTFor all sinned and fall short of the glory of God,BSBBSB: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
27. 24ULTbeing justified freely by his grace through the redemption that{ is} in Christ Jesus;BSBBSB: and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
28. 25ULTwhom God presented{ as} a propitiation through faith in his blood for a demonstration of his righteousness, because of the overlooking of the sins that happened previouslyBSBBSB: God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
29. 26ULTin the forbearance of God, for the demonstration of his righteousness at this present time, so that he could be just and justifying the one who{ is} from faith in Jesus.BSBBSB: He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.
30. 27ULTWhere then{ is} the boasting? It is excluded. Through what kind of law? Of the works? No! But through a law of faith.BSBBSB: Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.
31. 28ULTFor we reckon a man to be justified by faith apart from works of the law.BSBBSB: For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
32. 29ULTOr{ is he} God of Jews only?{ Is he} not also of Gentiles? Yes, also of Gentiles,BSBBSB: Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
33. 30ULTif, indeed, God{ is} one, who will justify the circumcision by faith and the uncircumcision through the{ same} faith.BSBBSB: since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.
34. 31ULTDo we then nullify the law through the{ same} faith? May it never be! Instead, we uphold the law.BSBBSB: Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.

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