Rom 3 | NASB2020 | STEP | Then what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the benefit of circumcision ?

Romans 3

All the World Guilty

1 Then what ^{▼▼Lit is the advantage of the Jew}advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the benefit of circumcision? 2 Great in every respect. First, that ^bthey were entrusted with the ^cactual words of God. 3 What then? If ^dsome ^{▼▼Or were unfaithful}did not believe, their ^{▼▼Or unfaithfulness}unbelief will not nullify the faithfulness of God, will it? 4 ^{▼▼Lit May it never happen! And so throughout the ch
,} ^hFar from it! Rather, God must prove to be true, though every person be found ⁱa liar, as it is written:

“ ^jSo that You are justified in Your words,
And prevail ^{▼▼Or in Your judging}when You are judged.”
5 But if our unrighteousness ^{▼▼I.e., by requiring His judgment
,} ^mdemonstrates the righteousness of God, ⁿwhat shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is He? ( ^oI am speaking from a human viewpoint.) 6 ^pFar from it! For otherwise, how will ^qGod judge the world? 7 But if through my lie ^rthe truth of God abounded to His glory, ^swhy am I also still being judged as a sinner? 8 And why not say (just as we are slanderously reported and as some claim that we say), “ ^tLet’s do evil that good may come of it”? ^{▼▼Lit Whose}Their condemnation is deserved.

9 What then? ^{▼▼Or Are we worse
,} ^wAre we better than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that both ^xJews and ^yGreeks are ^zall under sin; 10 as it is written:

“ ^aaThere is no righteous person, not even one;
11 There is no one who understands,
There is no one who seeks out God;
12 They have all turned aside, together they have become ^{▼▼Or depraved}corrupt;
There is no one who does good,
There is not even one.”
13 “ ^acTheir throat is an open grave,
With their tongues they keep deceiving,”
“ ^adThe venom of ^{▼▼I.e., venomous snakes} asps is under their lips”;
14 “ ^afTheir mouth is full of cursing and bitterness”;
15 “ ^agTheir feet are swift to shed blood,
16 Destruction and misery are in their paths,
17 And they have not known the way of peace.”
18 “ ^ahThere is no fear of God before their eyes.”
19 Now we know that whatever the ^aiLaw says, it speaks to ^ajthose who are ^{▼▼Lit in}under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and ^alall the world may become accountable to God; 20 because ^amby the works ^{▼▼Or of law}of the Law ^{▼▼Lit no flesh}none of mankind will be justified in His sight; for ^{▼▼Or through law
,} ^aqthrough the Law comes ^{▼▼Or recognition}knowledge of sin.

Justification by Faith

21 But now apart ^{▼▼Or from law}from the Law ^atthe righteousness of God has been revealed, being ^auwitnessed by the ^{▼▼I.e., the Old Testament}Law and the Prophets, 22 but it is the ^awrighteousness of God through ^axfaith ^ayin Jesus Christ for ^azall those ^{▼▼Or who believe. For there is}who believe; for ^bbthere is no distinction, 23 for all ^{▼▼Or sinned
,} ^bdhave sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified as a gift ^beby His grace through ^bfthe redemption which is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God displayed publicly as ^bga ^{▼▼I.e., a means of reconciliation between God and mankind by paying the penalty for sin}propitiation ^{▼▼Or by
,} ^bjin His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, ^{▼▼Lit because of the passing over of the sins previously committed, in the restraint of God}because in God’s merciful ^blrestraint He ^bmlet the sins previously committed go unpunished; 26 for the demonstration, that is, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who ^{▼▼Lit is of the faith of Jesus}has faith in Jesus.

27 Where then is ^boboasting? It has been excluded. By ^bpwhat kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith. 28 ^{▼▼One early ms Therefore}For ^brwe maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from works ^{▼▼Or of law}of the Law. 29 Or ^btis God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, 30 since indeed ^buGod ^bvwho will justify the ^{▼▼Lit circumcision}circumcised ^{▼▼Lit out of}by faith and the ^{▼▼Lit uncircumcision}uncircumcised through faith ^bzis one.

31 Do we then nullify ^{▼▼Or law}the Law through faith? ^cbFar from it! On the contrary, we ^ccestablish the Law.