Romans 3:10–31

¹⁰as it is written:

ⁿ“None is righteous, no, not one;

¹¹no one understands;

no one seeks for God.

¹²All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;

no one does good,

not even one.”

^13o“Their throat is ^pan open grave;

they use their tongues to deceive.”

^q“The venom of asps is under their lips.”

^14r“Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”

^15s“Their feet are swift to shed blood;

¹⁶in their paths are ruin and misery,

¹⁷and ^tthe way of peace they have not known.”

^18u“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

¹⁹Now we know that whatever ^vthe law says it speaks to those who are under the law, ^wso that every mouth may be stopped, and ^xthe whole world may be held accountable to God. ²⁰For ^yby works of the law no human being³ will be justified in his sight, since ^zthrough the law comes knowledge of sin.

The Righteousness of God Through Faith

²¹But now ^athe righteousness of God ^bhas been manifested apart from the law, although ^cthe Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— ²²the righteousness of God ^dthrough faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. ^eFor there is no distinction: ²³for ^fall have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, ^24gand are justified ^hby his grace as a gift, ⁱthrough the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, ²⁵whom God ^jput forward as ^ka propitiation ^lby his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in ^mhis divine forbearance he had passed over ⁿformer sins. ²⁶It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

^27oThen what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith. ²⁸For we hold that one is justified by faith ^papart from works of the law. ²⁹Or ^qis God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, ³⁰since ^rGod is one—who will justify the circumcised by faith and ^sthe uncircumcised through faith. ³¹Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.