Focused Passage

Romans 3:27-31

All Under Sin and the Righteousness of God Revealed Through Faith in Christ

Paul moves from defending God's faithfulness despite Jewish unfaithfulness, to proving that all humanity is under sin, to silencing every mouth before God, and then to announcing the righteousness of God given through faith in Jesus Christ.

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27Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.

28For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.

29Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,

30since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.

31Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.

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Verse 27

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WhereΠοῦG4226Adverbthen, [is]οὖνG3767Conjunction-G3588Article - Nominative Feminine SingularboastingκαύχησιςG2746Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularIt is excludedἐξεκλείσθηG1576Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person SingularOnδιὰG1223PrepositionwhatποίουG4169Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Genitive Masculine SingularprincipleνόμουG3551Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular[On] thatτῶνG3588Article - Genitive Neuter Pluralof worksἔργωνG2041Noun - Genitive Neuter PluralNoοὐχίG3780AdverbbutἀλλὰG235ConjunctiononδιὰG1223Preposition[that]νόμουG3551Noun - Genitive Masculine Singularof faithπίστεωςG4102Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Verse 28

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ForγὰρG1063Conjunctionwe maintain thatλογιζόμεθαG3049Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Plurala manἄνθρωπονG444Noun - Accusative Masculine Singularis justifiedδικαιοῦσθαιG1344Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passiveby faithπίστειG4102Noun - Dative Feminine Singularapart fromχωρὶςG5565PrepositionworksἔργωνG2041Noun - Genitive Neuter Pluralof the lawνόμουG3551Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Verse 29

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-G2228Conjunction[Is God] theG3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularGodΘεὸςG2316Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularof JewsἸουδαίωνG2453Adjective - Genitive Masculine PluralonlyμόνονG3440Adverb[Is He] notοὐχὶG3780IntPrtcl[the God] of GentilesἐθνῶνG1484Noun - Genitive Neuter PluraltooκαὶG2532ConjunctionYesναὶG3483Particleof GentilesἐθνῶνG1484Noun - Genitive Neuter PluraltooκαὶG2532Conjunction
Verse 30

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since [there is only]εἴπερG1512ConjunctiononeεἷςG1520Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularGodΘεόςG2316Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularwhoὃςG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singularwill justifyδικαιώσειG1344Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular[the] circumcisedπεριτομὴνG4061Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularbyἐκG1537PrepositionfaithπίστεωςG4102Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularandκαὶG2532Conjunction[the] uncircumcisedἀκροβυστίανG203Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularthroughδιὰG1223Prepositionthat [same]τῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularfaithπίστεωςG4102Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Verse 31

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vvvοὖνG3767ConjunctionDo we, then, nullifyκαταργοῦμενG2673Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural[the] lawΝόμονG3551Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularbyδιὰG1223Preposition[this]τῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularfaithπίστεωςG4102Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularvvvμὴG3361AdverbCertainly notγένοιτοG1096Verb - Aorist Optative Middle - 3rd Person SingularInsteadἀλλὰG235Conjunctionwe upholdἱστάνομενG2476Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural[the] lawνόμονG3551Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular

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