Romans 3:10-31
Read Romans 3 in full →10as it is written, “aThere is none righteous, not even one;
11There is none who understands,There is none who seeks for God;12All have turned aside, together they have become worthless;There is none who does good,There is not even one.”13“aTheir throat is an open tomb,With their tongues they keep deceiving,”“bThe poison of asps is under their lips”;14“aWhose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness”;15“aTheir feet are swift to shed blood,16Destruction and misery are in their paths,17And the path of peace they have not known.”18“aThere is no fear of God before their eyes.”19Now we know that whatever the aLaw says, it speaks to bthose who are in the Law, so that every mouth may be shut and call the world may become accountable to God; 20because aby the works 1of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for 2,bthrough the Law comes the knowledge of sin.
The Righteousness of God through Faith
21But now apart 1from the Law athe righteousness of God has been manifested, being bwitnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 22even the arighteousness of God through bfaith cin Jesus Christ for dall those 1who believe; for ethere is no distinction; 23for all 1,ahave sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24being justified as a gift aby His grace through bthe redemption which is in Christ Jesus; 25whom God displayed publicly as aa 1propitiation 2,bin His blood through faith, for a demonstration of His righteousness, 3because in the cforbearance of God He dpassed over the sins previously committed; 26for the demonstration of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who 1has faith in Jesus.
27Where then is aboasting? It is excluded. By bwhat kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith. 281For awe maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works 2of the Law. 29Or ais God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, 30since indeed aGod, bwho will justify the 1circumcised 2by faith and the 3uncircumcised through that faith, cis one.