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Romans — Chapter 3

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Read Romans Chapter 3 in the original Greek alongside the King James Version (KJV) — 31 verses. Koine Greek text with full English translation.

1
Τί οὖν τὸ περισσὸν τοῦ Ἰουδαίου, ἢ τίς ἡ ὠφέλεια τῆς περιτομῆς;
KJVWhat advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision?
2
Πολὺ κατὰ πάντα τρόπον· πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ ὅτι ἐπιστεύθησαν τὰ λόγια τοῦ Θεοῦ.
KJVMuch every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
Much in every way! First of all, the Jews have been entrusted with the very words of God.
3
Τί γὰρ εἰ ἠπίστησάν τινες; Μὴ ἡ ἀπιστία αὐτῶν τὴν πίστιν τοῦ Θεοῦ καταργήσει;
KJVFor what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
What if some were unfaithful? Will their unfaithfulness nullify God's faithfulness?
4
μὴ γένοιτο· γινέσθω δὲ ὁ Θεὸς ἀληθής, πᾶς δὲ ἄνθρωπος ψεύστης·
KJVGod forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
Not at all! Let God be true, and every human being a liar. As it is written: So that you may be proved right when you speak and prevail when you judge.
5
Εἰ δὲ ἡ ἀδικία ἡμῶν Θεοῦ δικαιοσύνην συνίστησιν, τί ἐροῦμεν; Μὴ ἄδικος ὁ Θεὸς ὁ ἐπιφέρων τὴν ὀργήν;- κατὰ ἄνθρωπον λέγω-
KJVBut if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)
But if our unrighteousness brings out God's righteousness more clearly, what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.)
6
Μὴ γένοιτο· ἐπεὶ πῶς κρινεῖ ὁ Θεὸς τὸν κόσμον;
KJVGod forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?
7
Εἰ γὰρ ἡ ἀλήθεια τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ ψεύσματι ἐπερίσσευσεν εἰς τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, τί ἔτι κἀγὼ ὡς ἁμαρτωλὸς κρίνομαι;
KJVFor if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
Someone might argue, If my falsehood enhances God's truthfulness and so increases his glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?
8
Καὶ μή- καθὼς βλασφημούμεθα, καὶ καθώς φασίν τινες ἡμᾶς λέγειν- ὅτι Ποιήσωμεν τὰ κακὰ ἵνα ἔλθῃ τὰ ἀγαθά; Ὧν τὸ κρίμα ἔνδικόν ἐστιν.
KJVAnd not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
Why not say — as some slanderously claim that we say — Let us do evil that good may result? Their condemnation is just!
9
Τί οὖν; Προεχόμεθα; Οὐ πάντως· προῃτιασάμεθα γὰρ Ἰουδαίους τε καὶ Ἕλληνας πάντας ὑφ' ἁμαρτίαν εἶναι,
KJVWhat then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage? Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin.
10
καθὼς γέγραπται ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν δίκαιος οὐδέ εἷς·
KJVAs it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
As it is written: There is no one righteous, not even one;
11
οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ συνιῶν, οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ ἐκζητῶν τὸν Θεόν·
KJVThere is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God.
12
πάντες ἐξέκλιναν, ἅμα ἠχρειώθησαν· οὐκ ἔστιν ποιῶν χρηστότητα, οὐκ ἔστιν ἕως ἑνός·
KJVThey are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.
13
τάφος ἀνεῳγμένος ὁ λάρυγξ αὐτῶν, ταῖς γλώσσαις αὐτῶν ἐδολιοῦσαν· ἰὸς ἀσπίδων ὑπὸ τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν·
KJVTheir throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit. The poison of vipers is on their lips.
14
ὧν τὸ στόμα ἀρᾶς καὶ πικρίας γέμει·
KJVWhose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.
15
ὀξεῖς οἱ πόδες αὐτῶν ἐκχέαι αἷμα·
KJVTheir feet are swift to shed blood:
Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16
σύντριμμα καὶ ταλαιπωρία ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτῶν,
KJVDestruction and misery are in their ways:
ruin and misery mark their ways,
17
καὶ ὁδὸν εἰρήνης οὐκ ἔγνωσαν·
KJVAnd the way of peace have they not known:
and the way of peace they do not know.
18
οὐκ ἔστιν φόβος Θεοῦ ἀπέναντι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτῶν.
KJVThere is no fear of God before their eyes.
19
Οἴδαμεν δὲ ὅτι ὅσα ὁ νόμος λέγει, τοῖς ἐν τῷ νόμῳ λαλεῖ, ἵνα πᾶν στόμα φραγῇ, καὶ ὑπόδικος γένηται πᾶς ὁ κόσμος τῷ Θεῷ·
KJVNow we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
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.
20
διότι ἐξ ἔργων νόμου οὐ δικαιωθήσεται πᾶσα σὰρξ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ· διὰ γὰρ νόμου ἐπίγνωσις ἁμαρτίας.
KJVTherefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God's sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.
21
Νυνὶ δὲ χωρὶς νόμου δικαιοσύνη Θεοῦ πεφανέρωται, μαρτυρουμένη ὑπὸ τοῦ νόμου καὶ τῶν προφητῶν·
KJVBut now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify.
22
δικαιοσύνη δὲ Θεοῦ διὰ πίστεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, εἰς πάντας καὶ ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς πιστεύοντας·
KJVEven the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile,
23
πάντες γὰρ ἥμαρτον καὶ ὑστεροῦνται τῆς δόξης τοῦ Θεοῦ,
KJVFor all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
24
δικαιούμενοι δωρεὰν τῇ αὐτοῦ χάριτι διὰ τῆς ἀπολυτρώσεως τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ·
KJVBeing justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
25
ὃν προέθετο ὁ Θεὸς ἱλαστήριον, διὰ τῆς πίστεως, ἐν τῷ αὐτοῦ αἵματι, εἰς ἔνδειξιν τῆς δικαιοσύνης αὐτοῦ, διὰ τὴν πάρεσιν τῶν προγεγονότων ἁμαρτημάτων,
KJVWhom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood — to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished —
26
ἐν τῇ ἀνοχῇ τοῦ Θεοῦ· πρὸς ἔνδειξιν τῆς δικαιοσύνης αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ νῦν καιρῷ, εἰς τὸ εἶναι αὐτὸν δίκαιον καὶ δικαιοῦντα τὸν ἐκ πίστεως Ἰησοῦ.
KJVTo declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.
27
Ποῦ οὖν ἡ καύχησις; Ἐξεκλείσθη. Διὰ ποίου νόμου; Τῶν ἔργων; Οὐχί, ἀλλὰ διὰ νόμου πίστεως.
KJVWhere is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith.
28
λογιζόμεθα οὖν πίστει δικαιοῦσθαι ἄνθρωπον χωρὶς ἔργων νόμου.
KJVTherefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.
29
Ἢ Ἰουδαίων ὁ Θεὸς μόνον; Οὐχὶ δὲ καὶ ἐθνῶν; Ναὶ καὶ ἐθνῶν·
KJVIs he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
30
ἐπείπερ εἷς ὁ Θεός, ὃς δικαιώσει περιτομὴν ἐκ πίστεως, καὶ ἀκροβυστίαν διὰ τῆς πίστεως.
KJVSeeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.
31
Νόμον οὖν καταργοῦμεν διὰ τῆς πίστεως; Μὴ γένοιτο· ἀλλὰ νόμον ἱστῶμεν.
KJVDo we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.
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