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Tla ijcon ¿tlinon ica quipalehuiya tla se hebreo? Noso tla on hebreos quipiaj on circuncisión, ¿on yejhua quimpalehuis? Quemaj, sanoyej miyec quipia tlinon ica quimpalehuiya. On achtoj ica Dios oquinmacac para quejehuasquej iYectlajcuilol. Pero ¿tlinon nochihuas tla semej hebreos xquichihuasquej on tlen Dios oquitlalij ipan ipromesa? ¿Yejhua in quijtosnequi ica Dios xoc quichihuas on tlen oquitlalij ipan ipromesa? ¡Melahuac, tej, Dios quichihuas on tlen oquitlalij ipan ipromesa! Masqui nochimej tlacamej xquichihuaj quen quijtohuaj, Dios nochipa quichihua quen yejhua quijtohua. Ijquin, tej, quijtohua on Yectlajcuilojli:

Ica on tlen tiquijtos, yejhua ica timopanextis ica ticuajli. Niman xhuelis mitztlajtlacolmacas ijcuac mitzyolcuitisquej.

Pero tla totlajtlacol quipanextia ica Dios yolmelajqui, ¿tlinon, tej, quijtosnequi ijcuac Dios techcastigarohua? ¿Huelis tiquijtosquej ica Dios xcuajli quichihua pampa techcastigarohua? (Ijquin tlajtlajtohuaj on tlalticpactlacamej itech ica Dios.) ¡Melahuac, tej, ica ca! Tla Dios xcuajli quichihuasquia ijcuac techcastigarohua, ¿quen ijqui, tej, huelisquia quintlajtlacolmacasquia on tlalticpactlacamej?

Yacaj yejhuan xcuajli iyojlo ijquin hueli quijtohua: “Aman tla xnicchihua on tlen onictlalij ipan nopromesa, ocsequimej más hueli cajsicamatij ica Dios nochipa quichihua quen quijtohua. Ijquin, tej, yejhua más quiselia hueyilistli. Tla ijcon, ¿tlica nechtlajtlacolmaca quen quitlajtlacolmaca on tlacatl tlajtlacolej?” Tla para ijcon, ¿tlica, tej, xnicchihua on tlen xcuajli para Dios más ma quiseli on hueyilistli?” Sequimej quijtohuaj ica yejhua on nictemachtia, pero yejhuamej xican cuajli inyojlo quijtohuaj. Dios quintlajtlacolmacas quen quitocarohua.

Nochimej ticpiaj tlajtlacojli

¿Aman, tej, tlinon? ¿Tejhuamej hebreos más tihuejhueyixtoquej ixpan Dios xquen on yejhuan xhebreos? ¡Melahuac, tej, ica ca! Nejhua yonicteititij ica nochimej tlajtlacohuaj, sanquen on hebreos niman on yejhuan xhebreos. 10 Niman ipan on Yectlajcuilojli ijquin tlajcuilolnesticaj:

Nion siquiera se xnemi yejhuan yolmelajqui tlacatl. 11 Xnemi yejhuan cajsicamati iojhui Dios; xnemi yejhuan quinequi quitejtemos Dios.

12 Nochimej on tlacamej oquitlalcahuijquej Dios; nochimej sanencaj nemij. Nion se xquichihua on tlen cuajli.

13 Incamac molonqui ijnecuisti quen on tlalcontli yejhuan quitentlapojhuaj. Ican intlajtol quijtohuaj on tlen ica tlacajcayahuaj. Niman intlajtol quipia quen iascayo yejhuan ica teijtlacohuaj quen on cohuatl quichihua ijcuac tecua.

14 Nochi on tlahuijhuicaltilistli niman tlahuejli hasta incamac yonomat.

15 Yejhuamej sa quimachixtoquej aquinon huelis quimictisquej.

16 Yejhuamej texoxotoniaj niman tetlajyohuiltiaj nochihuiyan campa yahuij.

17 Xquimatij, tej, quen ijqui nohuicasquej inhuan ocsequimej ican yolsehuilistli.

18 Yejhuamej xqueman quimacasij Dios.

19 Nochi yejhua in tlajcuilolnesticaj ipan on tlajcuilolamatl yejhuan itlanahuatil Moisés. Ticmatztoquej, tej, ica nochi tlen quijtohua on tlajcuilolamatl, quimijlia on yejhuan on tlanahuatijli quinnahuatia. Ijcon quimijlia para nochi tlacatl ma ca sa ma quipia tlinon ica tenanquilisquej yejhuan quimpalehuis para nomanahuisquej, yej ixpan Dios ma noyolcuitican quen onohuicaquej. 20 Yejhua ica, tej, Dios xacaj quijlis ica itlajtlacolhuan yoquitlaxtlau pampa quichihua on tlen tlanahuatia on tlanahuatijli. Xmatztiacan, tej, ica on tlanahuatijli tepalehuiya san para techmachiltia ica titlajtlacolejquej.

Itechcopa totlaneltoc ticseliaj on temaquixtilistli

21 Aman, Dios yotechpanextilij quen ijqui hueli techselia quen tiyolmelajquej, pero xpampa tla tictlacamatij on tlanahuatijli. Niman yejhua on nomelajcaita ipan on itlajcuilolamahuan Moisés niman ipan intlajcuilolamahuan on tiotlajtojquej. 22 Dios quinselia on tlacamej quen yolmelajquej ipampa intlaneltoc yejhuan quipiaj itech Jesucristo. Ijcon Dios quichihua para nochimej yejhuan quineltocaj Cristo, pampa yejhua xquinchicoita on hebreos inhuan on xhebreos. 23 Nochimej on tlacamej tlajtlacolejquej niman xquipiaj on yolmelajcanemilistli yejhuan Dios oquinec ma quipiacan. 24 Pero itechcopa iteicnelilis yejhuan oquintlayocolij, quijtohua ica intlajtlacolhuan yoquintlaxtlau. Yejhua in quichihua itechcopa Jesucristo yejhuan oquitlaxtlau para totlajtlacol. 25 Dios oquitlalij Cristo quen se huentli. Yejhua oquitoyau iyesyo para ma quimpopolohuili intlajtlacol on tlacamej ijcuac quineltocasquej. Ijquin, tej, quiteititia ica yejhua yolmelajqui pampa achtoj nesiya ipan iijyohuilis ica xoquichihuilij cuenta intlajtlacol on tlacamej yejhuan achtoj nemiyaj. 26 Aman ipan in tonaltin quiteititia ica yejhua yolmelajqui niman quimijlia yejhuan quineltocaj Cristo ica intlajtlacolhuan yoquintlaxtlau.

27 ¿Canon, tej, oncaj on tohueyimatilis ica titotenehuaj ticuajcualtin? Tohueyimatilis opopoliu. ¿Tlica opopoliu? Opopoliu pampa xotihuelquej oticchijquej on tlen tlanahuatia on tlanahuatijli niman yejhua ica oticneltocaquej Jesucristo. 28 Ijcon, tej, tiquitaj ica Dios quiselia se tlacatl quen yoquintlaxtlau itlajtlacolhuan pampa quineltoca Cristo, niman xpampa tla quichihua tlen tlanahuatia on tlanahuatijli.

29 ¿Tlen Dios san on hebreos inDios? ¿Tlen xno inDios on yejhuan xhebreos? Melahuac, tej, ica on xhebreos no yejhua inDios 30 pampa xnemi más de se Dios. Yejhua, tej, quinmaca cuenta ica intlajtlacolhuan on hebreos yoquitlaxtlau ipampa intlaneltoc niman on xhebreos no ipampa intlaneltoc quinmaca cuenta ica intlajtlacolhuan yoquitlaxtlau. 31 ¿Yejhua in quijtosnequi ica ticahuaj quen xitlaj quijtosnequi yejhua on tlanahuatijli? ¡Melahuac, tej, ica ca! Yej ticpantlantiaj ica on tlanahuatijli hueyi quijtosnequi.

God’s Faithfulness

What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision? Much in every way!(A) First of all, the Jews have been entrusted with the very words of God.(B)

What if some were unfaithful?(C) Will their unfaithfulness nullify God’s faithfulness?(D) Not at all! Let God be true,(E) and every human being a liar.(F) As it is written:

“So that you may be proved right when you speak
    and prevail when you judge.”[a](G)

But if our unrighteousness brings out God’s righteousness more clearly,(H) what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.)(I) Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?(J) Someone might argue, “If my falsehood enhances God’s truthfulness and so increases his glory,(K) why am I still condemned as a sinner?”(L) Why not say—as some slanderously claim that we say—“Let us do evil that good may result”?(M) Their condemnation is just!

No One Is Righteous

What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage?(N) Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin.(O) 10 As it is written:

“There is no one righteous, not even one;
11     there is no one who understands;
    there is no one who seeks God.
12 All have turned away,
    they have together become worthless;
there is no one who does good,
    not even one.”[b](P)
13 “Their throats are open graves;
    their tongues practice deceit.”[c](Q)
“The poison of vipers is on their lips.”[d](R)
14     “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”[e](S)
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16     ruin and misery mark their ways,
17 and the way of peace they do not know.”[f](T)
18     “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”[g](U)

19 Now we know that whatever the law says,(V) it says to those who are under the law,(W) so that every mouth may be silenced(X) and the whole world held accountable to God.(Y) 20 Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law;(Z) rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.(AA)

Righteousness Through Faith

21 But now apart from the law the righteousness of God(AB) has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify.(AC) 22 This righteousness(AD) is given through faith(AE) in[h] Jesus Christ(AF) to all who believe.(AG) There is no difference between Jew and Gentile,(AH) 23 for all have sinned(AI) and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified(AJ) freely by his grace(AK) through the redemption(AL) that came by Christ Jesus. 25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement,[i](AM) through the shedding of his blood(AN)—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished(AO) 26 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 Where, then, is boasting?(AP) It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith. 28 For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.(AQ) 29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,(AR) 30 since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.(AS) 31 Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.

Footnotes

  1. Romans 3:4 Psalm 51:4
  2. Romans 3:12 Psalms 14:1-3; 53:1-3; Eccles. 7:20
  3. Romans 3:13 Psalm 5:9
  4. Romans 3:13 Psalm 140:3
  5. Romans 3:14 Psalm 10:7 (see Septuagint)
  6. Romans 3:17 Isaiah 59:7,8
  7. Romans 3:18 Psalm 36:1
  8. Romans 3:22 Or through the faithfulness of
  9. Romans 3:25 The Greek for sacrifice of atonement refers to the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant (see Lev. 16:15,16).

What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?

Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?

God 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.

But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)

God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?

For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?

And 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.

What 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;

10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

15 Their feet are swift to shed blood:

16 Destruction and misery are in their ways:

17 And the way of peace have they not known:

18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.

19 Now 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.

20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

25 Whom 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;

26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:

30 Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.