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1 Entonces, ¿de qué vale ser judío? ¿De qué sirve la circuncisión?
1 Then what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the profit of circumcision?
2 Hay muchas ventajas. En primer lugar, Dios les encomendó a los judíos su palabra.
2 Much in every way! Because first of all, they were entrusted with the revelations of God.
3 Es cierto que muchos de ellos han sido incrédulos, pero, ¿acaso puede Dios faltar a sus promesas por esa razón?
3 For what if some were without faith? Will their lack of faith nullify the faithfulness of God?
4 ¡Por supuesto que no! Aunque el mundo entero sea mentiroso, Dios no lo es. ¿Recuerdan lo que está escrito?: «Serás considerado justo por lo que dices y saldrás victorioso cuando te sometan a juicio».
4 May it never be! Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar. As it is written, “that you might be justified in your words, and might prevail when you come into judgment.”
5 Pero si nuestra injusticia hace que se vea con más claridad la justicia de Dios, ¿qué podemos responder a quien dice esto? ¿Diremos que Dios es injusto cuando nos castiga?
5 But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak like men do.
6 ¡Dios nos libre! Si así fuera, ¿cómo podría Dios juzgar al mundo?
6 May it never be! For then how will God judge the world?
7 Pero ¿cómo podría juzgarme Dios por ser pecador, si con mi mentira resalta su verdad, para su gloria?
7 For if the truth of God through my lie abounded to his glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?
8 Si así fuera, podríamos llegar a esta conclusión: «Hagamos el mal para que nos vaya bien». Los que dicen tales cosas tienen bien merecida la condenación. ¡Y hay quién se atreve a decir que esto es lo que yo enseño!
8 Why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), “Let’s do evil, that good may come?” Those who say so are justly condemned.
9 Bueno, ¿somos los judíos mejores que los demás? En ninguna manera. Ya hemos demostrado que todos los hombres son pecadores, ya sean judíos o gentiles.
9 What then? Are we better than they? No, in no way. For we previously warned both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin.
10 Como dicen las Escrituras: «Nadie es bueno, nadie en absoluto.
10 As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one.
11 Nadie entiende, ninguno busca a Dios.
11 There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God.
12 Todos han perdido el camino, nadie vive como Dios manda».
12 They have all turned away. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one who does good, no, not so much as one.”
13 «Sus conversaciones están llenas de suciedad, como el hedor de una tumba abierta; sus lenguas están cargadas de engaños».
13 “Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit.” “The poison of vipers is under their lips.”
14 «Cuanto dicen está impregnado de veneno de serpientes; sus bocas están llenas de maldición y amargura».
14 “Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”
15 «Matan con rapidez y ligereza;
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood.
16 dondequiera que van, dejan tras sí destrucción y miseria».
16 Destruction and misery are in their ways.
17 «Nunca han sabido lo que es la paz.
17 The way of peace, they haven’t known.”
18 No les importa Dios ni lo temen».
18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
19 Sabemos que esto que dice la ley, lo dice a quienes están sujetos a ella. Por eso, el mundo entero tiene que callar y todos tendrán que reconocer que el juicio de Dios es justo.
19 Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.
20 Y esto es así porque nadie puede alcanzar el favor de Dios por obedecer la ley, pues mientras mejor conocemos la ley de Dios más nos damos cuenta de que somos pecadores.
20 Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
21 Sin embargo, Dios nos ha mostrado ahora la forma para que él nos acepte. De ella ya había enseñado el Antiguo Testamento. No se trata de guardar la ley.
21 But now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified by the law and the prophets;
22 Dios hace justos a quienes creen en Jesucristo, sin favoritismo alguno.
22 even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all those who believe. For there is no distinction,
23 Es así porque todos hemos pecado y no tenemos derecho a gozar de la gloria de Dios.
23 for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
24 Pero Dios, por su gran amor, gratuitamente nos declara inocentes, porque Jesucristo pagó todas nuestras deudas.
24 being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
25 Dios ofreció a Jesucristo como sacrificio por nuestros pecados. Cuando creemos esto, Dios nos perdona todos nuestros pecados pasados, pues nos tiene paciencia. De esa manera da a conocer su justicia y muestra que él es justo y que nos hace justos por tener fe en Cristo Jesús.
25 whom God sent to be an atoning sacrifice through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God’s forbearance;
26 Not in this translation
26 to demonstrate his righteousness at this present time, that he might himself be just and the justifier of him who has faith in Jesus.
27 ¿De qué podemos jactarnos entonces? Absolutamente de nada. ¿Por qué? Porque nuestra salvación no depende de la obediencia a la ley, sino de la fe.
27 Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.
28 En conclusión, podemos decir que Dios hace a la persona justa por la fe en Cristo y no en virtud de la obediencia a la ley.
28 We maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.
29 Ahora bien, ¿Dios es sólo Dios de los judíos? No, Dios es Dios de todas las naciones.
29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Isn’t he the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,
30 Sólo hay un Dios, y él nos hace justos a todos por igual, ya seamos judíos o gentiles, cuando tenemos fe.
30 since indeed there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
31 ¿Quiere decir esto que si tenemos fe la ley no tiene valor alguno? ¡Por supuesto que no! Más bien, reafirmamos la ley.
31 Do we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be! No, we establish the law.
Cross references (29)
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
- 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
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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)