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"The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever."

— Isaiah 40:8

Romans 3

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What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?

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Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

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For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?

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God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

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But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)

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God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?

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For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?

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And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.

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What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

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As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

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There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

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They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

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Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

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Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

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Their feet are swift to shed blood:

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Destruction and misery are in their ways:

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And the way of peace have they not known:

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There is no fear of God before their eyes.

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Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

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Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

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But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

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Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

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For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

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Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

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Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

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To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

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Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

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Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

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Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:

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Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

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Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

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Chapter Study & Analysis

Overview

Romans 3 concludes the universal indictment of sin, stating that "there is none righteous, no, not one." It then unveils the core of the Gospel: justification is a free gift by God’s grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, received by faith.

CONTEMPORARY APPLICATIONS

1. The Equality of Need: Both the religious and the irreligious have "sinned, and come short of the glory of God" (v. 23). This levels the ground at the foot of the Cross; no one can boast in their own merit.
2. Justification by Faith: We are justified freely by His grace (v. 24). Our standing before God is not earned by our performance but is a gift credited to us through faith in the blood of Jesus.
3. God’s Righteousness Vindicated: The Cross shows that God is both "just" and the "justifier" (v. 26). He does not ignore sin; He paid for it Himself so that He could legally and lovingly forgive us.

Practical Lessons

FORMAL PRAYER

Gracious Father, who hast set forth Thy Son to be a propitiation through faith in His blood: we confess our utter need of Thy mercy. We thank Thee that our boasting is excluded by the law of faith. Keep us humble and secure in the righteousness of Christ alone. Amen.

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