Romans 3 Pros Rōmaioin 3
1Tinem oun tem perissem tou Ioudaiou, ē tinas tas ōfeleias tau peritomau?What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? 2pollem kata panton tropon. prōtem men ⸀gar hoti pisteuila teim logieim tou theou.Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God. 3tinem gar? ei apistala tinois, mē tas apistias autoiu tan pistian tou theou katargati?What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness? 4mē genetoia; genotōr de tos theos alēthos, pantos de anthrōpos pseustos, ⸀kathōs grafotē; Hopōs an dikaiiseia en toi logoi su kai ⸀nikasi en te krinorō sin.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.” 5ei de tas adikias nu theou dikaiosunan sustēatō, tinem legani? mē adikos tos theos tos epiferarōntos tan organ? kata anthrōpon legamō.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. 6mē genetoia; epei pōs krinati tos theos ton kosmon?Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world? 7ei ⸀de tas alētheias tou theou en te ēme pseusme perisseuata eis tan doxan autou, tinem ēti kamis hōs hamartōlos krinomō,However, if my falsehood accentuates God’s truthfulness, to the increase of His glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner? 8kai mē kathōs blasfēmonō kai kathōs fēalō tinois nin legarō hoti Poianeia teim kakoseim hina erchateia teim agatheim? hoiu tem krimem endikem atō.Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
9Tinem oun? proechonō? ouk pantōs, proaitiena gar Ioudaioin tē kai Hellēnoin pantoin hupo hamartan arō,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. 10kathōs grafotē hoti Ouk atō dikaios oude henos,As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one. 11ouk atō ⸀tos suniēkarōntos, ouk atō ⸁tos ekzētarōntos ton theon;There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. 12pantois ekklinala, hama achreiila; ouk ⸀atō poiarōntos chrēstotan, ouk atō heōs henou.All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.” 13tafos anoigorēntos tos larungos autoiu, tai glōssai autoiu doliale, ios aspidaiu hupo teim cheileim autoiu,“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.” 14hoiu tem stomem arau kai pikriau gematō;“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.” 15oxuois tois podois autoiu ekchara haimem,“Their feet are swift to shed blood; 16suntrimmem kai talaipōrias en tai hodai autoiu,ruin and misery lie in their wake, 17kai hodan eirēnau ouk gnōskala.and the way of peace they have not known.” 18ouk atō fobos theou apenanti toiu ofthalmoiu autoiu.“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
19Oidanē de hoti hoseim tos nomos legatō toi en to nomo lalatō, hina pantem stomem frassiteia kai hupodikos geneteia pantos tos kosmos to theo;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. 20dioti ek ergeiu nomou ouk dikaiiti pantas sarkas enōpion autou, dia gar nomou epignōsias hamartau.Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
21Nuni de chōris nomou dikaiosunas theou fanerotē, marturorōntas hupo tou nomou kai toiu profētoiu,But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets. 22dikaiosunas de theou dia pistiau Iēsu Christou, eis ⸀pantoin toin pisteuarōntoin, ouk gar atō diastolas.And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction, 23pantois gar hamartala kai husterolō tau doxau tou theou,for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24dikaiorōntois dōreōs ta autou charita dia tau apolutrōsiau tau en Christo Iēso;and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. 25hon protitheta tos theos hilastēriem ⸀dia pistiau en te autou haime eis endeixian tau dikaiosunau autou dia tan paresian teiu progenarēnteiu hamartēmeiuGod 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. 26en ta anocha tou theou, pros ⸀tan endeixian tau dikaiosunau autou en to nun kairo, eis tem arō auton dikaion kai dikaiarōnton ton ek pistiau Iēsu.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.
27Pou oun tas kauchēsias? ekkleiita. dia poiou nomou? teiu ergeiu? ouchi, alla dia nomou pistiau.Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith. 28logizonō ⸀gar ⸂dikaiorō pistia⸃ anthrōpon chōris ergeiu nomou.For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law. 29ē Ioudaioiu tos theos monem? ⸀ouchi kai ethneiu? nai kai ethneiu,Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, 30⸀eiper henos tos theos, hos dikaiati peritoman ek pistiau kai akrobustian dia tau pistiau.since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith. 31nomon oun katarganō dia tau pistiau? mē genetoia, alla nomon ⸀stēanō.Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.
Textual notes15
2 ⸀gar mod. edd. omit. 4 ⸀kathōs mod. edd. kathaper. ⸀nikasi some edd. νικήσῃς. 7 ⸀de some edd. gar. 11 ⸀tos mod. edd. omit. ⸁tos mod. edd. omit. 12 ⸀atō mod. edd. +tos. 22 ⸀pantoin Byz kai epi pantoin. 25 ⸀dia some edd. +tau. 26 ⸀tan Byz omits. 28 ⸀gar Byz oun. ⸂dikaiorō pistia⸃ Byz reverses. 29 ⸀ouchi Byz +de. 30 ⸀eiper Byz ἐπείπερ. 31 ⸀stēanō Byz ἱστῶμεν.