Romans · Literal Standard Version
Romans 3 Literal Standard Version
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1 What, then, [is] the superiority of the Jew? Or what the profit of the circumcision?
1 ¿QUÉ, pues, tiene más el Judío? ¿ó qué aprovecha la circuncisión?
2 Much in every way; for first, indeed, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God;
2 Mucho en todas maneras. Lo primero ciertamente, que la palabra de Dios les ha sido confiada.
3 for what, if certain were faithless? Will their faithlessness make the faithfulness of God useless?
3 ¿Pues qué si algunos de ellos han sido incrédulos? ¿la incredulidad de ellos habrá hecho vana la verdad de Dios?
4 Let it not be! And let God become true, and every man false, according as it has been written: “That You may be declared righteous in Your words, and may overcome in Your being judged.”
4 En ninguna manera; antes bien sea Dios verdadero, mas todo hombre mentiroso; como está escrito: Para que seas justificado en tus dichos, y venzas cuando de ti se juzgare.
5 And if our unrighteousness establishes God’s righteousness, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who is inflicting the wrath? (I speak after the manner of a man.)
5 Y si nuestra iniquidad encarece la justicia de Dios, ¿qué diremos? ¿Será injusto Dios que da castigo? (hablo como hombre.)
6 Let it not be! Since how will God judge the world?
6 En ninguna manera: de otra suerte ¿cómo juzgaría Dios el mundo?
7 For if the truth of God in my falsehood abounded more to His glory, why am I also yet judged as a sinner?
7 Empero si la verdad de Dios por mi mentira creció á gloria suya, ¿por qué aun así yo soy juzgado como pecador?
8 And not, as we are spoken evil of, and as certain affirm us to say, “We may do the evil things, that the good ones may come?” Whose judgment is righteous.
8 ¿Y por qué no [decir] (como somos blasfemados, y como algunos dicen que nosotros decimos): Hagamos males para que vengan bienes? la condenación de los cuales es justa.
9 What, then? Are we better? Not at all! For we charged before both Jews and Greeks with being all under sin,
9 ¿Qué pues? ¿Somos mejores que ellos? En ninguna manera: porque ya hemos acusado á Judíos y á Gentiles, que todos están debajo de pecado.
10 according as it has been written: “There is none righteous, not even one;
10 Como está escrito: No hay justo, ni aun uno;
11 there is none who is understanding, there is none who is seeking after God.
11 No hay quien entienda, no hay quien busque á Dios;
12 All went out of the way, together they became unprofitable, there is none doing good, there is not even one.
12 Todos se apartaron, á una fueron hechos inútiles; no hay quien haga lo bueno, no hay ni aun uno:
13 Their throat [is] an opened grave; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of cobras [is] under their lips—
13 Sepulcro abierto es su garganta; con sus lenguas tratan engañosamente; veneno de áspides está debajo de sus labios;
14 whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.
14 Cuya boca está llena de maledicencia y de amargura;
15 Their feet [are] swift to shed blood.
15 Sus pies son ligeros á derramar sangre;
16 Ruin and misery [are] in their ways.
16 Quebrantamiento y desventura hay en sus caminos;
17 And a way of peace they did not know.
17 Y camino de paz no conocieron:
18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
18 No hay temor de Dios delante de sus ojos.
19 And we have known that as many things as the Law says, to those in the Law it speaks, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may come under judgment to God;
19 Empero sabemos que todo lo que la ley dice, á los que están en la ley lo dice, para que toda boca se tape, y que todo el mundo se sujete á Dios:
20 for this reason by works of law will no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin.
20 Porque por las obras de la ley ninguna carne se justificará delante de él; porque por la ley [es] el conocimiento del pecado.
21 And now apart from law the righteousness of God has been revealed, testified to by the Law and the Prophets,
21 Mas ahora, sin la ley, la justicia de Dios se ha manifestado, testificada por la ley y por los profetas:
22 and the righteousness of God [is] through the faith of Jesus Christ to all, and on all those believing—for there is no difference,
22 La justicia de Dios por la fe de Jesucristo, para todos los que creen en él; porque no hay diferencia;
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God—
23 Por cuanto todos pecaron, y están destituídos de la gloria de Dios;
24 being declared righteous freely by His grace through the redemption that [is] in Christ Jesus,
24 Siendo justificados gratuitamente por su gracia, por la redención que es en Cristo Jesús;
25 whom God set forth [as] a propitiatory covering, through faith in His blood, for the showing forth of His righteousness, because of the passing over of the former sins in the forbearance of God—
25 Al cual Dios ha propuesto en propiciación por la fe en su sangre, para manifestación de su justicia, atento á haber pasado por alto, en su paciencia, los pecados pasados,
26 for the showing forth of His righteousness in the present time, for His being righteous, and declaring him righteous who [is] of the faith of Jesus.
26 Con la mira de manifestar su justicia en este tiempo: para que él sea el justo, y el que justifica al que es de la fe de Jesús.
27 Where then [is] the boasting? It was excluded; by what law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith:
27 ¿Dónde pues está la jactancia? Es excluída. ¿Por cuál ley? ¿de las obras? No; mas por la ley de la fe.
28 therefore we reckon a man to be declared righteous by faith, apart from works of law.
28 Así que, concluímos ser el hombre justificado por fe sin las obras de la ley.
29 [Is He] only the God of Jews, and not also of nations?
29 ¿Es Dios solamente [Dios] de los Judíos? ¿No es también [Dios] de los Gentiles? Cierto, también de los Gentiles.
30 Yes, also of nations; since [there is] one God who will declare righteous circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
30 Porque uno es Dios, el cual justificará por la fe la circuncisión, y por medio de la fe la incircuncisión.
31 Do we then make law useless through faith? Let it not be! Indeed, we establish law.
31 ¿Luego deshacemos la ley por la fe? En ninguna manera; antes establecemos la ley.
Cross references (30)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Romans 2:25–29; Genesis 25:32; Ecclesiastes 6:8; Ecclesiastes 6:11; Hebrews 13:9
- 2 Romans 9:4; Acts 7:38; Psalm 147:19–20; Nehemiah 9:13–14; 1 Corinthians 9:17
- 3 2 Timothy 2:13; Hebrews 4:2; Romans 9:6; Titus 1:1–2; Isaiah 55:11
- 4 Psalm 51:4; Psalm 116:11; Galatians 2:17; Hebrews 6:18; Titus 1:2
- 5 Romans 6:19; Galatians 3:15; 1 Corinthians 9:8; Romans 2:5; Romans 9:18–20
- 6 Genesis 18:25; Acts 17:31; Job 8:3; Psalm 98:9; Psalm 50:6
- 7 Romans 3:4; Romans 9:19–20; Acts 13:27–29; 2 Kings 8:10–15; Isaiah 10:6–7
- 8 Romans 6:1; Romans 6:15; Romans 5:20; Romans 7:7; 1 Peter 3:16–17
- 9 Galatians 3:22; Romans 6:15; Isaiah 65:5; Romans 11:32; Romans 3:22–23
- 10 Psalm 53:1–3; Psalm 14:1–3; Romans 3:23; 1 John 1:8–10; Job 15:14
- 11 Psalm 14:2–4; Psalm 53:2; Titus 3:3; Hosea 4:6; Romans 8:7
- 12 Psalm 14:3; Ecclesiastes 7:20; Isaiah 59:8; Isaiah 64:6; Isaiah 53:6
- 13 Psalm 5:9; Psalm 140:3; Matthew 23:27–28; Jeremiah 9:3–5; Psalm 57:4
- 14 Psalm 10:7; Psalm 109:17–18; Psalm 59:12; James 3:10
- 15 Isaiah 59:7–8; Proverbs 1:16; Proverbs 6:18
- 17 Isaiah 59:8; Romans 5:1; Luke 1:79; Matthew 7:14; Isaiah 57:21
- 18 Psalm 36:1; Proverbs 23:17; Proverbs 16:6; Proverbs 8:13; Revelation 19:5
- 19 Galatians 3:10; Galatians 3:22–23; Romans 2:12–18; Romans 3:9; Galatians 5:18
- 20 Galatians 2:16; Acts 13:39; Romans 3:28; Galatians 2:19; Romans 4:15
- 21 Acts 10:43; Jeremiah 33:16; Philippians 3:9; Jeremiah 23:5–6; Galatians 3:8
- 22 Romans 10:12; Galatians 3:28; Romans 8:1; Galatians 2:16; Romans 5:1–11
- 23 Ecclesiastes 7:20; 1 John 1:8–10; Romans 3:9; Galatians 3:22; Romans 11:32
- 24 1 Peter 1:18–19; Titus 3:5–7; Colossians 1:14; Ephesians 1:6–7; Romans 5:9
- 25 Romans 3:23–24; 1 Peter 1:18–20; 1 John 4:10; 1 John 2:2; Colossians 1:20–23
- 26 Deuteronomy 32:4; Romans 4:5; Acts 13:38–39; Romans 3:30; Zephaniah 3:5
- 27 Romans 4:2; Romans 2:23; 1 Corinthians 1:29–31; Galatians 3:22; Romans 2:17
- 28 Titus 3:7; Galatians 2:16; Galatians 3:24; Galatians 3:8; Romans 3:26
- 29 Colossians 3:11; Zechariah 2:11; Ephesians 3:6; Galatians 3:14; Galatians 3:25–29
- 30 Galatians 3:8; Galatians 3:20; Philippians 3:3; Colossians 2:10–11; Galatians 5:6
- 31 Galatians 2:21; Matthew 5:17; Romans 13:8–10; Romans 10:4; Romans 8:4
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He had accused the Gentiles, he had accused the Jews; it came next in order to mention the righteousness which is by faith.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)
And, "There is none that understandeth, or that seeketh after God: they have all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable," they maintain to be said concerning ignorance of Bythus.
… in many other significations; and among these various usages, a frequent one is to use flesh for man himself, the nature of man taking the part for the whole, as in the words, "By the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified;" for what does he mean here by "no flesh" but "no man?" And this, indeed, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
God forbid! yea, we establish the law." For since the law was laboring at this, to make man righteous, but had not power, He came and brought in the way of righteousness by faith, and so established that which the law desired: and what the law could not by letters, this He accomplished by faith.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
for the godly man is perished out of the earth, and there is none that doeth right among men: and again, They are all gone out of the way, they are together became unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one: and again, Cursing and stealing, and adultery, and murder are poured out upon the land.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)