What , then , (is) the advantage of (being) a Jew ? Or what (is) the value - of circumcision ?
Much in every way. vvv vvv First of all - , they have been entrusted with the very words - of God.
What if - some did not have faith ? {Will} their - lack of faith vvv nullify - God’s - faithfulness ?
vvv Certainly not ! - - {Let} God be true and every man a liar. As it is written - : “ So that You may be proved right when You - speak and victorious when You - judge.”
But if our - unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God , what shall we say ? (That) God (is) unjust - to inflict (His) wrath (on us) ? I am speaking in human terms.
vvv Certainly not ! In that case , how - {could} God judge the world ?
However , if - - my - falsehood accentuates - God’s tRuth -fulness , to the increase of His - glory , why {am} I still condemned as a sinner ?
(Why) not (say) , as - some slanderously - claim (that) we say , “ - Let us do evil - that - good may result ” ? Their - condemnation is deserved !
What then ? Are we any better ? Not at all. For we have already made the charge (that) Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.
As it is written - : “ There is no one righteous , not even one.
There is no one who understands , - no one who seeks - God.
All have turned away , vvv they have together become worthless ; there is no one who does good , - not even one. ”
“ Their - throats (are) open graves ; - their tongues practice deceit. ” “ (The) venom of vipers (is) on their - lips. ”
“ (Their) - mouths are full of cursing and bitterness. ”
“ Their - feet (are) swift to shed blood ;
ruin and misery (lie) in their - wake ,
and (the) way of peace vvv they have not known. ”
“ There is no fear of God before their - eyes.”
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.
Therefore no one ... will be justified in His sight ... by works of the law. For (the) law merely brings awareness of sin.
But now , apart from (the) law , (the) righteousness of God has been revealed , as attested by the Law and the Prophets.
And (this) righteousness (from) God (comes) through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. - There is no distinction ,
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory - of God ,
(and are) justified freely by His grace through the redemption that (is) in Christ Jesus.
God presented (Him) - (as the) atoning sacrifice through - faith in His - blood , in order to demonstrate His - righteousness , because in - (His) forbearance - (He) had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
(He did this) - to demonstrate - His righteousness at the present time , so as - - to be just and to justify the (one) (who has) faith in Jesus.
Where , then, (is) - boasting ? It is excluded. On what principle ? (On) that of works ? No , but on (that) of faith.
For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
- (Is God) the God of Jews only ? (Is He) not (the God) of Gentiles too ? Yes , of Gentiles too ,
since (there is only) one - God , who will justify (the) circumcised by faith and (the) uncircumcised through that (same) faith.
vvv Do we, then, nullify (the) law by (this) faith ? vvv Certainly not ! Instead , we uphold (the) law.