Romans 3

Romans 3:1

• Then what
• So what

• advantage

• has the
• does the

• Jew? Or what
• Jew, or what
• Jew?
• Jew have, or what
• Jew have? Or what

• is the
• is there any
• Is there any

• value of
• benefit of
• profit of

• circumcision?

Romans 3:2

• Much in every
• Much, in every
• A great deal, in every

• way.
• way!
• way. For
• way. To

• First of all, the
• First,
• first
• First of all,
• first of all,
• begin with, the

• Jews
• they
• place, the Jews
• place the Jews

• were
• have been

• entrusted with the

• oracles of
• very words of

• God.

Romans 3:3

• What if some were
• What if some of them were

• unfaithful,
• unfaithful?

• Will
• will

• their

• unbelief
• lack of faith
• faithlessness

• nullify the faithfulness of God?

Romans 3:4

• By no means! Let God be

• true, and every
• true and every
• true, but every
• true but every

• man a

• liar, as
• liar. As

• it is

• written: That
• written, “That
• written: “That
• written: “So that
• written: “so that
• written, “so that

• you
• You

• may
• will

• be justified in

• your
• Your

• words, And
• words; and
• words, and
• words and

• prevail when

• you
• You

• are

• judged.
• judged.”

Romans 3:5

• But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what

• shall
• will

• we

• say that
• say? That

• God is

• unjust to
• unrighteous to

• inflict wrath on us? (I

• use a
• am speaking in

• human

• terms.)
• argument.)
• argument!)

Romans 3:6

• May it never be! For otherwise, how
• By no means! For then how

• could
• will

• God
• he

• judge the

• world?
• world.

Romans 3:7

• But if by my
• But if through my

• lie the truth of God abounded to

• his
• His

• glory, why am I also still

• condemned as a
• judged as a
• judged a

• sinner?”
• sinner.
• sinner?

Romans 3:8

• [Translation pending]

Romans 3:9

• What then?
• So
• Well then,
• Well, then,

• are
• Are

• we
• we Jews
• we any
• we Jews any

• better than
• better off?
• better?
• better off? No,

• Not at all:
• Not at all.
• Not at all!
• Not at all! For
• not at all! For
• not at all. For
• Not at all, for
• not at all; for
• Not at all. For
• they? Not at all. For
• they? Not at all; for

• we
• We
• I

• have

• already
• previously

• charged that both
• said that
• charged that all, both
• charged both

• Jews and

• Greeks,
• Greeks
• Greeks, that they
• Greeks that they

• are all under

• sin;
• sin,
• sin.

Romans 3:10

• as it
• As it
• just as it

• is

• written, “There
• written, There
• written: There
• written: “There

• is no
• is

• one
• none

• righteous—
• righteous,
• righteous, no,
• righteous; no,

• not one,
• not one.
• not one;
• not even one;
• not even one.

Romans 3:11

• no one
• No one

• understands. No
• understands, no
• understands; no
• understands or
• understands, or

• one who
• one

• seeks
• seeks for
• searches for
• seeks after

• God.”
• God!
• God.
• God;

Romans 3:12

• [Translation pending]

Romans 3:13

• “Their
• Their
• ‘Their

• throat
• throats
• mouth

• is an
• are
• are like
• is like an

• open
• opened

• grave,
• grave;
• grave.
• graves.
• graves;
• graves,

• they
• They

• deceive with
• use

• their

• tongues.’ ‘The
• tongues, the
• tongues; the
• tongues to deceive, The
• tongues to deceive.” “The

• poison of
• venom of

• asps
• vipers

• is under
• is on

• their

• lips.
• lips;
• lips”;
• lips.”
• lips,’
• lips,

Romans 3:14

• their mouths
• Their mouths
• “Their mouths
• “Their mouth
• their mouth
• Their mouth
• whose mouth
• “Whose mouth
• “whose mouth
• their speech

• are
• is

• full of

• cursing and
• curses and

• bitterness,
• bitterness”;
• bitterness.”
• bitterness.
• bitterness;

Romans 3:15

• their
• “Their
• Their
• “They
• They

• feet are swift to
• feet are quick to
• are quick to

• shed
• hurt and

• blood;
• blood.
• blood,
• kill people.

Romans 3:16

• destruction and
• Destruction and
• Ruin and
• ruin and

• misery
• trouble
• wretchedness

• are in their

• ways,
• ways.
• ways;
• paths,
• paths;

Romans 3:17

• They
• And they
• and they

• do not know the
• don’t know how to
• have not known the

• way of
• path of
• live in

• peace.
• peace,
• peace.”

Romans 3:18

• “They have no

• fear of
• fear

• God.”
• God.’

Romans 3:19

• Now we

• know that whatever the
• know that

• law
• Law

• says,
• says

• it

• speaks to those who
• says to those who

• are under the

• Law,
• law,

• so that every mouth may be

• silenced and the
• silenced, and the
• stopped, and the

• whole world may be held accountable to

• God,
• God.
• God;

Romans 3:20

• Because by the works of the
• because by the works of the

• Law no
• law, no
• law no

• human being
• person
• flesh

• will
• can

• be justified in

• his
• His

• sight. For through the
• sight; for through the

• law
• Law

• comes the
• comes
• is the

• knowledge of sin.

Romans 3:21

• But now,
• But now

• apart from the
• apart from

• Law the
• law the
• law, the

• righteousness of God has been revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the

• Prophets
• Prophets,
• Prophets.

Romans 3:22

• even the righteousness of
• the righteousness of

• God through
• God, through

• faith in Jesus

• Christ to all who
• Christ, to all who
• Christ for all who

• believe. For there
• believe; for there

• is no

• distinction;
• distinction,
• distinction:
• distinction.
• difference,
• difference;

Romans 3:23

• for all have
• For all have
• Everyone has
• everyone has
• Since all have
• since all have
• all have
• All have

• sinned, and
• sinned and

• fall
• are

• short of the
• deprived of the

• glory of

• God.
• God,
• God—
• God;

Romans 3:24

• They are
• and all are
• being

• justified freely by

• his
• His

• grace, through the
• grace through the

• redemption that
• redemption which

• is in Christ

• Jesus;
• Jesus.
• Jesus,

Romans 3:25

• [Translation pending]

Romans 3:26

• [Translation pending]

Romans 3:27

• Where then
• Where, then,
• So what

• is
• happens to

• boasting? It

• is
• has been

• excluded! By what
• excluded. By what
• excluded. On what

• kind of law? Of
• kind of law? By a law of

• works? No, but by the
• works? No, but by a

• law of
• principle of

• faith!
• faith.

Romans 3:28

• For we

• conclude that a
• consider that a
• maintain that a
• hold that a

• man is
• person is

• justified by faith

• apart from the
• apart from

• works of the

• Law.
• law.

Romans 3:29

• Or is
• Is

• God the

• God of
• God of the

• Jews

• only?
• only
• alone?

• is
• Is

• He
• he

• not the
• not

• God of
• God of the

• Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles

• also,
• also:
• too,
• too!
• too.

Romans 3:30

• since there is one

• God, who
• God who

• will justify the

• circumcised by
• circumcised on the

• faith and the
• faith, and the

• uncircumcised through faith.

Romans 3:31

• Do
• Are

• we
• we,

• then
• then,

• nullify the
• cancel the
• overthrow the

• law through
• Law through
• law by this

• faith?

• Absolutely
• May
• Certainly

• it never
• not!
• not! On the

• contrary,
• Rather,
• Instead
• Instead,

• we

• uphold the
• establish the

• Law.
• law.