Romans 4:1 — Romans 4:25

1 ¹What then shall we say that Abraham our ²forefather according to the flesh has found?

2 For if Abraham was justified out of ¹works, he has something to boast in, but not before God.

3 For what does the Scripture say? ^a“And Abraham ¹believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness.”

4 Now to the ¹one who ^aworks, his ²wages are not accounted according to grace, but according to what is due.

5 But to the one who does not work, but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted as righteousness.

6 Even as David also speaks blessing on the man to whom God accounts righteousness apart from works:

7 ^a“Blessed are they whose lawlessnesses have been forgiven, and whose sins have been covered over.

8 ^aBlessed is the man to whom the Lord shall by no means account sin.”

9 Is this blessing then upon the circumcision only, or also upon the uncircumcision? For we say, Faith was accounted to Abraham as righteousness.

10 How then was it accounted? While he was in circumcision or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

11 And he ^areceived the ¹sign of circumcision, a seal of the ²righteousness of the faith which he had while in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those in uncircumcision who believe, that righteousness might be accounted to them also,

12 And the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also ^1awalk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had in uncircumcision.

13 For it was not through the law that ^athe promise was made to Abraham or to his seed ^bthat he would be the ¹heir of the world, but through the ²righteousness of faith.

14 For ^aif those of the law are heirs, faith has been made void and the promise has been annulled;

15 For ^athe law works out wrath; but ^bwhere there is no law, neither is there transgression.

16 Therefore the inheritance is out of faith that it might be according to ^agrace, so that the promise may be certain to all the seed, not to that which is of the law only, but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the ¹father of us all

17 (As it is written, ^a“I have appointed you a father of many nations”) in the sight of God whom he ¹believed, ^bwho ²gives life to the dead and ³calls the things not being as being.

18 He beyond hope believed ¹in hope in order that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, ^a“So shall your seed be.”

19 And not weakening in his faith, he considered his own body as ^1aalready dead, ^bbeing about a hundred years old, as well as the ^cdeadening of Sarah’s womb;

20 But with regard to the promise of God, he did not doubt in unbelief, but was empowered by faith, giving glory to God

21 And being fully persuaded that ^awhat He had promised He was able also to do.

22 Therefore also it was accounted to him as righteousness.

23 Now it was not written for his sake only that it was accounted to him,

24 But for ours also to whom it is to be accounted, who believe on ¹Him who has raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,

25 Who was delivered for our offenses and was ¹raised ^afor our justification.

Romans 3:9 — Romans 3:31

9 What then? Are we better? Not at all! For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin,

10 Even as it is written, ^a“There is none righteous, not even one;

11 There is none who understands, there is none who seeks out God.

12 All have turned aside; together they have become useless; there is none who does ¹good; there is not so much as one.

13 ^aTheir throat is an opened grave; with their tongues they practiced deceit; ^bthe poison of asps is under their lips;

14 ^aWhose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

15 ^aSwift are their feet to shed blood,

16 Destruction and misery are in their ways,

17 And the ¹way of peace they have not known.

18 ^aThere is no fear of God before their eyes.”

19 Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, ¹that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may fall under the judgment of God;

20 Because ^aout of the works of the law no flesh shall be justified before Him; for ^bthrough the law is the clear knowledge of sin.

21 But now, ¹apart from the law, the ²righteousness of God has been ³manifested, witness being borne to it by the Law and the Prophets;

22 Even the righteousness of God through the ¹faith of Jesus Christ to all those who believe, for there is no distinction;

23 For ^aall have sinned and fall short of the ¹glory of God,

24 Being ¹justified ²freely by His grace through the ³redemption which is in Christ Jesus;

25 Whom God ¹set forth as a ^2apropitiation place through faith in His blood, for the demonstrating of His righteousness, in that in His forbearance God ³passed over the sins that had previously occurred,

26 With a view to the demonstrating of His righteousness in the present time, so that He might be righteous and the One who ¹justifies him who is of the ²faith of Jesus.

27 Where then is boasting? ¹It is excluded. Through what kind of law? That of works? No, but through the law of faith.

28 For we account that ^aa man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

29 Or is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not of the Gentiles also? Yes, of the Gentiles also,

30 If indeed God is one, who will justify the circumcision ¹out of faith and the ^auncircumcision ¹through faith.

31 Do we then make the law of no effect through faith? Absolutely not! Rather, we establish the law.

Romans 2:17 — Romans 3:8

17 ¹But if you bear the name of Jew, and rest upon the law, and ²boast in God,

18 And know the will, and ¹approve the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law,

19 And have confidence that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those in darkness,

20 One who disciplines the foolish, a teacher of ¹babes, having the proper form of the knowledge and truth in the law;

21 ¹You therefore who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach not to steal, do you steal?

22 You who say not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob their temples?

23 You who boast in the law, do you by transgression of the law dishonor God?

24 For ^a“the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” even as it is written.

25 For circumcision profits if you practice the law; but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

26 If therefore the uncircumcision keeps the ¹ordinances of the law, will not his uncircumcision be accounted as circumcision?

27 And the uncircumcision by nature, if he fulfills the law, will judge you who through the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of the law.

28 ¹For he is ^anot a Jew who is one ²outwardly; neither is ^bcircumcision that which is outward in the flesh.

29 ¹But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is of the heart, ^2ain spirit, not ²in letter, whose praise is not ³from men, but ³from God.

CHAPTER 3

1 What then is the advantage of the Jew? Or what is the profit of circumcision?

2 Much in every way. First, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God.

3 For what if some disbelieved? Shall their unbelief annul the faithfulness of God?

4 ¹Absolutely not! But let God be true and every man a liar, as it is written, ^a“That You may be ²declared righteous in Your words and may overcome when You are judged.”

5 But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is the God who inflicts wrath unrighteous? I speak according to man.

6 Absolutely not! Otherwise how shall God judge the world?

7 But if the ^1atruthfulness of God has abounded in my lie unto His glory, why still am I also being judged as a sinner?

8 And why not say (as we are slanderously charged and as some affirm that we say), Let us do evil that good may come? whose ¹judgment is just.

Romans 1:3 — Romans 1:23

3 Concerning ¹His Son, who ²came ³out of the ^4aseed of David according to the ⁵flesh,

4 Who was ¹designated the ^2aSon of God in ³power according to the ⁴Spirit of ⁵holiness ⁶out of the resurrection of the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord;

5 Through whom we have received ¹grace and ²apostleship unto the ^3aobedience of ^4bfaith among all the Gentiles ⁵on behalf of His name,

6 Among whom you also are the ¹called ones of Jesus Christ;

7 To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, the ^acalled ¹saints: ²Grace to you and ^bpeace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all because your ^afaith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.

9 For God is my witness, whom I ¹serve in my ²spirit in the gospel of His Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,

10 Beseeching if by any means now at last I may be prospered in the will of God to come to you.

11 For I long to see you that I may impart to you some spiritual gift so that you may be ^aestablished;

12 That is, that I with you may be ¹encouraged among you through the faith which is in one another, both yours and mine.

13 And I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, that often I ^apurposed to come to you (yet was hindered until the present), that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.

14 I am debtor both to Greeks and to ¹barbarians, both to wise and to foolish;

15 So, for my part, I am ready to announce the gospel to you also who are in Rome.

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the ¹power of God unto ²salvation to every one who believes, both to Jew first and to Greek.

17 For the ^1arighteousness of God is revealed in it ²out of faith to faith, as it is written, ^b“But the righteous shall ³have life and live by ⁴faith.”

18 ¹For the ^2awrath of God is revealed from heaven ³upon all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who ⁴hold down ⁵the truth in unrighteousness,

19 Because that which is known of God is manifest ¹within them, for God manifested it to them.

20 For the invisible things of Him, both His eternal power and ¹divine characteristics, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world, ^2abeing perceived by the things made, so that they would be without excuse;

21 Because though ¹they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or thank Him, but rather became ²vain in their reasonings, and their heart, lacking understanding, was darkened.

22 Professing to be wise, they became fools

23 And ^1achanged the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and reptiles.