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<center><small>''The Jews prerogative not made void by unbelief in some.<br/>None justified by the law, but all by the grace of God.</small></center>

<center><small>''The Jews prerogative not made void by unbelief in some.<br/>None justified by the law, but all by the grace of God.</small></center>

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

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

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

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

'''4'''  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.<ref>[[Psalm 51|Psa 51:4]]</ref>

'''4'''  [[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.<ref>[[Psalm 51|Psa 51:4]]</ref>

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

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

'''6'''  God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?<ref>[[Genesis, Chapter 18|Gen 18:25]]</ref><ref>[[Job, Chapter 8|Job 8:3]]</ref><ref>[[Job, Chapter 8|Job 8:20]]</ref><ref>[[Psalm 58|Psa 58:11]]</ref><ref>[[Psalm 94|Psa 94:2]]</ref>

'''6'''  [[God]] forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?<ref>[[Genesis, Chapter 18|Gen 18:25]]</ref><ref>[[Job, Chapter 8|Job 8:3]]</ref><ref>[[Job, Chapter 8|Job 8:20]]</ref><ref>[[Psalm 58|Psa 58:11]]</ref><ref>[[Psalm 94|Psa 94:2]]</ref>

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

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

'''12'''  <span style="color:#A52A2A">They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.</span><ref>[[Psalm 14|Psa 14:3]]</ref><ref>[[Psalm 53|53:3]]</ref>

'''12'''  <span style="color:#A52A2A">They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.</span><ref>[[Psalm 14|Psa 14:3]]</ref><ref>[[Psalm 53|53:3]]</ref>

'''13'''  <span style="color:#A52A2A">Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps ''is'' under their lips:</span><ref>[[Psalm 5|Psa 5:9]]</ref><ref>[[Psalm 140|140:3]]</ref>

'''13'''  <span style="color:#A52A2A">Their throat is an open [[sepulchre]]; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps ''is'' under their lips:</span><ref>[[Psalm 5|Psa 5:9]]</ref><ref>[[Psalm 140|140:3]]</ref>

'''14'''  <span style="color:#A52A2A">Whose mouth ''is'' full of cursing and bitterness:</span><ref>[[Psalm 10|Psa 10:7]]</ref>

'''14'''  <span style="color:#A52A2A">Whose mouth ''is'' full of cursing and bitterness:</span><ref>[[Psalm 10|Psa 10:7]]</ref>

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

'''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:

'''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'''  <span style="color:#A52A2A">For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;</span>

'''23'''  <span style="color:#A52A2A">For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;</span><ref>3:23 - for all have sinned -- echoes Ecclesiastes 7:20: "For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not."</ref>

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

'''24'''  Being justified freely by his [[grace]] through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:<ref>Justified not by the law, but by grace and faith.</ref>

'''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;

'''25'''  Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation<ref>"propitiation" means atonement, appeasement, conciliation and placating.</ref> 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.

'''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.

'''27'''  Where ''is'' boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of [[faith]].<ref>The primacy of [[faith]]/</ref>

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

'''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:

'''29'''  ''Is he'' the God of the Jews only? ''is he'' not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:<ref>[[Paul]] reaches out to the [[Gentiles]].</ref>

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

'''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.<ref>[[Isaiah, Chapter 2|Isa 2:3]]</ref><ref>[[Isaiah, Chapter 42|Isa 42:4]]</ref><ref>[[Isaiah, Chapter 42|Isaiah 42:21]]</ref><ref>[[Micah, Chapter 4|Mic 4:2]]</ref><ref>[[Matthew, Chapter 5|Matt 5:18]]</ref><ref>[[Hebrews, Chapter 8|Heb 8:10]]</ref>

'''31'''  Do we then make void the law through [[faith]]? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.<ref>[[Isaiah, Chapter 2|Isa 2:3]]</ref><ref>[[Isaiah, Chapter 42|Isa 42:4]]</ref><ref>[[Isaiah, Chapter 42|Isaiah 42:21]]</ref><ref>[[Micah, Chapter 4|Mic 4:2]]</ref><ref>[[Matthew, Chapter 5|Matt 5:18]]</ref><ref>[[Hebrews, Chapter 8|Heb 8:10]]</ref>

 

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