1 What then is the advantage of the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?

2 Much every way. First, because they were indeed entrusted with the oracles of God.

3 For what if some did not believe? Will their unbelief make the assurance of God ineffective?

4 May it not happen! But let it come to pass God is true, but every man a liar, as it is written, That thou may ever be justified in thy words, and may prevail when thou are criticized.

5 But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous inflicting wrath? (I speak according to a man.)

6 May it not happen! Otherwise how will God judge the world?

7 For if by my lie, the truth of God abounded to his glory, why am I also still judged as sinful,

8 and not (as we are slandered, and as some affirm us to say) that we may do evil so that good things may come (whose condemnation is just)?

9 What then? Are we better? Not at all. For we already charged both Jews and Greeks to all be under sin,

10 as it is written, There is no righteous man, not even one.

11 There is no man who understands. There is no man who seeks God.

12 All turned away. Together they became useless. There is not a man who does goodness; there is not as much as one.

13 Their throat is an open grave. With their tongues they deceive. The poison of asps is under their lips,

14 whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

15 Their feet are swift to shed blood.

16 Destruction and misery are in their ways,

17 and the way of peace they have not known.

18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.

19 Now we know that as many things as the law says, it says to those in the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become accountable to God.

20 Because from works of law no flesh will be made right before him, for through law is knowledge of sin.

21 But now a righteousness of God has been manifested independent of law, being witnessed by the law and the prophets.

22 And the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ is for all and upon all those who believe, for there is no distinction.

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

24 being made righteous freely by his grace, through the redemption in Christ Jesus,

25 whom God set forth an expiatory sacrifice through faith in his blood, for proof of his justice, because of the passing over of the sins that have formerly occurred

26 (in the forbearance of God), for proof of his justice at the present time, for him to be righteous, and who makes the man from Jesus' faith righteous.

27 Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what law, of works? No, but by a law of faith.

28 We therefore consider a man to be made righteous by faith independent of works of law.

29 Or is God of Jews only and not also of Gentiles? Yes, of Gentiles also,

30 since God is one, who will make the man of circumcision righteous from faith, and the man of uncircumcision through faith.

31 Do we then make law void through faith? May it not happen! Instead, we establish law.

1 What preferment then hath the Iewe? other what a vauntageth circumcision?

2 Surely very moche. Fyrst vnto them was committed the worde of God

3 What then though some of them did not beleve? shall their vnbeleve make the promes of god with out effecte?

4 God forbid. Let god be true and all men lyars as it is written: That thou myghtest be iustifyed in thy sayinge and shuldest overcome when thou arte iudged.

5 Yf oure vnrightewesnes make the rightewesnes of God more excellent: what shall we saye? Is God vnrighteous which taketh vengeauce? I speake after the maner of me.

6 God forbid. For how then shall God iudge the worlde?

7 Yf the veritie of God appere moare excellent thorow my lye vnto his prayse why am I hence forth iudged as a synner?

8 and saye not rather (as men evyll speake of vs and as some affirme that we saye) let vs do evyll that good maye come therof. Whose damnacion is iuste.

9 What saye we then? Are we better then they? No in no wyse. For we have all ready proved how that both Iewes and Gentils are all vnder synne

10 as it is writte: There is none righteous no not one:

11 There is none that vnderstondith there is none yt seketh after God

12 they are all gone out of ye waye they are all made vnprofytable ther is none that doeth good no not one.

13 Their throte is an open sepulchre with their tounges they have disceaved: the poyson of Aspes is vnder their lippes.

14 Whose mouthes are full of coursynge and bitternes.

15 Their fete are swyfte to sheed bloud.

16 Destruccion and wretchednes are in their wayes.

17 And the waye of peace they have not knowen.

18 There is no feare of God before their eyes.

19 Ye and we knowe that whatsoever ye lawe sayth he sayth it to them which are vnder the lawe. That all mouthes maye be stopped and all the worlde be subdued to god

20 because that by ye dedes of the lawe shall no flesshe be iustified in the sight of God. For by the lawe commeth the knowledge of synne.

21 Now verely is ye rigtewesnes that cometh of God declared without the fulfillinge of ye lawe havinge witnes yet of ye lawe and of the Prophetes.

22 The rightewesnes no dout which is good before God cometh by ye fayth of Iesus Christ vnto all and vpon all that beleve.Ther is no differece:

23 for all have synned and lacke the prayse yt is of valoure before God:

24 but are iustified frely by his grace through the redemcion that is in Christ Iesu

25 whom God hath made a seate of mercy thorow faith in his bloud to shewe ye rightewesnes which before him is of valoure in yt he forgeveth ye synnes yt are passed which God dyd suffre

26 to shewe at this tyme ye rightewesnes yt is alowed of him yt he myght be couted iuste and a iustifiar of him which belevith on Iesus.

27 Where is then thy reioysinge? It is excluded. By what lawe? by ye lawe of workes? Naye: but by the lawe of fayth.

28 For we suppose that a man is iustified by fayth without the dedes of ye lawe.

29 Is he the God of the Iewes only? Is he not also the God of the Gentyls? Yes eve of the Gentyles also.

30 For it is God only which iustifieth circumcision which is of fayth and vncircumcision thorow fayth.

31 Do we then destroye the lawe thorow fayth? God forbid. But we rather mayntayne the lawe.