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Text -- Romans 3:1-15 (NET)
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3:1 Therefore what advantage does the Jew have, or what is the value of circumcision ?
3:2 Actually, there are many advantages . First of all , the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God .
3:3 What then? If some did not believe , does their unbelief nullify the faithfulness of God ?
3:4 Absolutely not ! Let God be proven true , and every human being shown up as a liar , just as it is written : “so that you will be justified in your words and will prevail when you are judged .”
3:5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God , what shall we say ? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous , is he? (I am speaking in human terms .)
3:6 Absolutely not ! For otherwise how could God judge the world ?
3:7 For if by my lie the truth of God enhances his glory , why am I still actually being judged as a sinner ?
3:8 And why not say, “Let us do evil so that good may come of it”?– as some who slander us allege that we say . (Their condemnation is deserved !)
The Condemnation of the World
3:9 What then ? Are we better off ? Certainly not , for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin ,
3:10 just as it is written : “There is no one righteous , not even one ,
3:11 there is no one who understands , there is no one who seeks God .
3:12 All have turned away , together they have become worthless ; there is no one who shows kindness , not even one .”
3:13 “Their throats are open graves , they deceive with their tongues , the poison of asps is under their lips .”
3:14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness .”
3:15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood ,
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Sin |
GALATIANS, EPISTLE TO THE |
Romans, Epistle to the |
Boasting |
Fall of man |
Bigotry |
Rome |
SALVATION |
ATONEMENT |
Depravity of Mankind |
Quotations and Allusions |
Wicked |
God |
Asp |
Oracle |
CONQUEROR |
FAITHFUL; FAITHFULNESS |
Slander |
TRUTH |
Law |
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NET Notes: Rom 3:2 The referent of λόγια (logia, “oracles”) has been variously understood: (1) BDAG 598 s.v. λόγι...
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NET Notes: Rom 3:5 The same expression occurs in Gal 3:15, and similar phrases in Rom 6:19 and 1 Cor 9:8.
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NET Notes: Rom 3:8 Grk “whose.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, this relative clause was rendered as a new sentence in the transl...
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