Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Romans 3

107 catchwords1270 parallels

← Romans | ← Ch 2 | Ch 4 →

Romans 3 . 1 , The Jews’ prerogative; Romans 3 . 3 , which they have not lost; Romans 3 . 9 , howbeit the law convinces them also of sin; Romans 3 . 20 , therefore no flesh is justified by the law; Romans 3 . 28 , but all , without difference , by faith , only; Romans 3 . 31 , and yet the law is not abolished.

Romans 3:1

What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?

Romans 3:1 · BSB

advantage8 parallels

Reciprocal17 parallels

Romans 3:2

Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.

Romans 3:2 · BSB

Much6 parallels

because17 parallels

committed4 parallels

the oracles11 parallels

Reciprocal23 parallels

Romans 3:3

What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?

Romans 3:3 · BSB

if some4 parallels

shall12 parallels

faith6 parallels

Reciprocal14 parallels

Romans 3:4

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.”

Romans 3:4 · BSB

God forbid14 parallels

let God13 parallels

but every2 parallels

That thou3 parallels

Reciprocal22 parallels

Romans 3:5

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.

Romans 3:5 · BSB

But if5 parallels

what shall5 parallels

Is God15 parallels

I speak3 parallels

Reciprocal29 parallels

Romans 3:6

Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?

Romans 3:6 · BSB

God forbid1 parallel

for then9 parallels

Reciprocal18 parallels

Romans 3:7

However, if my falsehood accentuates God’s truthfulness, to the increase of His glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?

Romans 3:7 · BSB

if the truth14 parallels

why yet6 parallels

Reciprocal8 parallels

Romans 3:8

Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!

Romans 3:8 · BSB

we be3 parallels

Let us5 parallels

Reciprocal21 parallels

Romans 3:9

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.

Romans 3:9 · BSB

what then6 parallels

are we6 parallels

proved2 parallels

Gr. charged

that they2 parallels

Reciprocal20 parallels

Romans 3:10

As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.

Romans 3:10 · BSB

As it is6 parallels

There2 parallels

none23 parallels

Reciprocal15 parallels

Romans 3:11

There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.

Romans 3:11 · BSB

none that understandeth18 parallels

seeketh8 parallels

Reciprocal9 parallels

Romans 3:12

All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”

Romans 3:12 · BSB

They are8 parallels

become5 parallels

there is none10 parallels

Reciprocal5 parallels

Romans 3:13

“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”

Romans 3:13 · BSB

throat4 parallels

with their13 parallels

the poison3 parallels

Reciprocal17 parallels

Romans 3:14

“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”

Romans 3:14 · BSB

the whole verse5 parallels

Reciprocal11 parallels

Romans 3:15

“Their feet are swift to shed blood;

Romans 3:15 · BSB

the whole verse4 parallels

Reciprocal14 parallels

Romans 3:16

ruin and misery lie in their wake,

Romans 3:16 · BSB

Reciprocal5 parallels

Romans 3:17

and the way of peace they have not known.”

Romans 3:17 · BSB

the whole verse5 parallels

Reciprocal2 parallels

Romans 3:18

“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

Romans 3:18 · BSB

the whole verse7 parallels

Reciprocal4 parallels

Romans 3:19

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.

Romans 3:19 · BSB

what things11 parallels

that13 parallels

and all the6 parallels

Reciprocal84 parallels

guilty before God or , subject to the judgment of God

Romans 3:20

Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.

Romans 3:20 · BSB

Therefore14 parallels

no flesh4 parallels

in his sight2 parallels

for by the2 parallels

Reciprocal50 parallels

Romans 3:21

But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets.

Romans 3:21 · BSB

righteousness23 parallels

being9 parallels

and the7 parallels

Reciprocal20 parallels

Romans 3:22

And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,

Romans 3:22 · BSB

which is5 parallels

unto all6 parallels

and upon5 parallels

for there6 parallels

Reciprocal36 parallels

Romans 3:23

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Romans 3:23 · BSB

all have8 parallels

come1 parallel

of6 parallels

Reciprocal15 parallels

Romans 3:24

and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

Romans 3:24 · BSB

justified5 parallels

through13 parallels

Reciprocal35 parallels

Romans 3:25

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.

Romans 3:25 · BSB

set forth6 parallels

or , foreordained

to be5 parallels

through9 parallels

to declare7 parallels

remission19 parallels

or , passing over

Reciprocal36 parallels

Romans 3:26

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.

Romans 3:26 · BSB

that he11 parallels

and4 parallels

Reciprocal25 parallels

Romans 3:27

Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.

Romans 3:27 · BSB

Where13 parallels

of works5 parallels

but by9 parallels

Reciprocal10 parallels

Romans 3:28

For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.

Romans 3:28 · BSB

the whole verse16 parallels

Romans 3 . 20-22

Reciprocal5 parallels

Romans 3:29

Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,

Romans 3:29 · BSB

the whole verse33 parallels

Reciprocal32 parallels

Romans 3:30

since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.

Romans 3:30 · BSB

the whole verse14 parallels

Reciprocal24 parallels

Romans 3:31

Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.

Romans 3:31 · BSB

do we8 parallels

God1 parallel

ח דוםןיפן , literally , let it not be , and which might be rendered less objectionably , far from it , by no means

yea18 parallels

Reciprocal17 parallels

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web24 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations Romans 3:10-18 → Psalm 14:1, Romans 3:13a → Psalm 5:9, Romans 3:13b → Psalm 140:3, Romans 3:14 → Psalm 10:7, Romans 3:15-17 → Isaiah 59:7-8, Romans 3:18 → Psalm 36:1, Romans 3:20 → Psalm 143:2, Romans 3:4 → Psalm 116:11, Romans 3:4 → Psalm 51:4
Allusions Romans 3:25 → Leviticus 17:11, Romans 3:25-26 → Exodus 34:6-7, Romans 3:30 → Deuteronomy 6:4
Echoes Romans 3:21-22 → Genesis 15:6
Trajectories
Abraham (Father of Faith), Ark of the Covenant (God's Throne of Mercy), Day of Midian (Gospel Victory Pattern), Rahab and Jericho (Faith Saves Gentiles), Sin Offering (Christ Bearing Our Sins), Trespass-Offering (Restitution and Restoration)
Longitudinal Themes
Justice and Mercy, Law and Righteousness, Sacrifice and Atonement
Chiasms
Shaped Romans 03:1–18, Romans 03:19–31
Have a suggestion, or spotted something to fix?
✦ The Hyperlinked Bible