¿Cuál es, entonces, la ventaja del judío? ¿O cuál el beneficio de la circuncisión? 2 Grande, en todo sentido. En primer lugar, porque a ellos les han sido confiados los oráculos de Dios^a. 3 Entonces ¿qué? Si algunos fueron infieles^1a, ¿acaso su infidelidad² anulará la fidelidad de Dios? 4 ¡De ningún modo^a! Antes bien, sea hallado Dios veraz, aunque todo hombre sea hallado mentiroso^b; como está escrito:PARA QUE SEAS JUSTIFICADO EN TUS PALABRAS,Y VENZAS CUANDO SEAS JUZGADO^1c. 5 Y si nuestra injusticia hace resaltar la justicia de Dios^a, ¿qué diremos^b? ¿Acaso es injusto el Dios que expresa¹ su ira? (Hablo en términos humanos^c). 6 ¡De ningún modo^a! Pues de otra manera, ¿cómo juzgaría Dios al mundo^b? 7 Pero si por mi mentira la verdad de Dios^a abundó para su gloria, ¿por qué también soy yo aún juzgado como pecador^b? 8 ¿Y por qué no decir (como se nos calumnia, y como algunos afirman que nosotros decimos): Hagamos el mal para que venga el bien^a? La condenación de los tales es justa.

9 ¿Entonces qué? ¿Somos nosotros mejores¹ que ellos^a? De ninguna manera; porque ya hemos denunciado que tanto judíos como griegos están todos bajo pecado^b; 10 como está escrito:^aNO HAY JUSTO, NI AUN UNO;

19 Ahora bien, sabemos que cuanto dice la ley^a, lo dice a los que están bajo¹ la ley^b, para que toda boca se calle² y todo el mundo sea hecho responsable ante Dios^c; 20 porque por las obras de la ley¹ ningún ser humano² será justificado delante de Él^a; pues por medio de la ley³ viene el conocimiento del pecado^b.

21 Pero ahora, aparte de la ley¹, la justicia de Dios ha sido manifestada^a, atestiguada por la ley y los profetas^b; 22 es decir, la justicia de Dios por medio de la fe^a en Jesucristo, para todos los que creen^b; porque no hay distinción^c; 23 por cuanto todos pecaron^1a y no alcanzan la gloria de Dios, 24 siendo justificados gratuitamente por su gracia por medio de la redención que es en Cristo Jesús^a, 25 a quien Dios exhibió públicamente como propiciación^1a por su sangre^b a través de la fe, como demostración de su justicia, porque en su tolerancia, Dios^c pasó por alto los pecados cometidos anteriormente^2d, 26 para demostrar¹ en este tiempo su justicia, a fin de que Él sea justo y sea el que justifica al que tiene fe en Jesús². 27 ¿Dónde está, pues, la jactancia^a? Queda excluida. ¿Por cuál ley? ¿La de las obras^b? No, sino por la ley de la fe. 28 Porque¹ concluimos que el hombre es justificado por la fe aparte de las obras de la ley^2a. 29 ¿O es Dios el Dios de los judíos solamente? ¿No es también el Dios de los gentiles? Sí, también de los gentiles^a, 30 porque en verdad Dios es uno^a, el cual justificará en virtud de la fe a los circuncisos^1b y por medio de la fe a los incircuncisos^2c.

31 ¿Anulamos entonces la ley por medio de la fe? ¡De ningún modo^a! Al contrario, confirmamos la ley^b.

Then what is the advantage of the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision? 2 Great in every respect. To begin with, ^athe Jews were entrusted with the ^boracles of God His very ¹words. Ps 147:19 3 What then? If ^asome did not believe or were unfaithful to God, their lack of belief will not nullify and make invalid the faithfulness of God and His word, will it? 4 ^aCertainly not! Let God be found true as He will be, though every person be found ^ba liar, just as it is written in Scripture,“^cTHAT YOU MAY BE JUSTIFIED IN YOUR WORDS,AND PREVAIL WHEN YOU ARE JUDGED by sinful men.” Ps 51:4 5 But if our unrighteousness ^ademonstrates the righteousness of God, ^bwhat shall we say? God is not wrong to inflict His wrath on us, is He? (^cI am speaking in purely human terms.) 6 ^aCertainly not! For otherwise, how will ^bGod judge the world? 7 But as you might say if through my lie ^aGod’s truth was magnified and abounded to His glory, ^bwhy am I still being judged as a sinner? 8 And why not say, (as some slanderously report and claim that we teach) “^aLet us do evil so that good may come of it”? Their condemnation by God is just.

9 Well then, ^aare we Jews better off than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that both ^bJews and ^cGreeks (Gentiles) are ^dunder the control of sin and subject to its power. 10 As it is written and forever remains written,“^aTHERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS none that meets God’s standard, NOT EVEN ONE. Ps 14:3

19 Now we know that whatever the ^aLaw of Moses says, it speaks to ^bthose who are under the Law, so that the excuses of every mouth may be silenced from protesting and that ^call the world may be held accountable to God and subject to His judgment. 20 For no ¹person will be justified freed of guilt and declared righteous in His sight ^aby trying to do the works of the Law. For ^bthrough the Law we become conscious of sin and the recognition of sin directs us toward repentance, but provides no remedy for sin.

21 But now ^athe righteousness of God has been clearly revealed independently and completely apart from the Law, though it is actually ^bconfirmed by the Law and the words and writings of the Prophets. 22 This ^arighteousness of God comes through ^bfaith ^cin Jesus Christ for ^dall those Jew or Gentile who believe and trust in Him and acknowledge Him as God’s Son. ^eThere is no distinction, 1+@Cor 12:13; Gal 3:28 23 since all ^ahave sinned and continually fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are being justified declared free of the guilt of sin, made acceptable to God, and granted eternal life as a gift ^aby His precious, undeserved ¹grace, through ^bthe redemption the payment for our sin which is provided in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God displayed publicly before the eyes of the world as a life-giving ^1asacrifice of atonement and reconciliation (propitiation) ^bby His blood to be received through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness which demands punishment for sin, because in His ^cforbearance His deliberate restraint He ^dpassed over the sins previously committed before Jesus’ crucifixion. 26 It was to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the One who justifies those who have faith in Jesus and rely confidently on Him as Savior.

27 Then what becomes of our ^aboasting? It is excluded entirely ruled out, banished. On ^bwhat principle? On the principle of good works? No, but on the principle of faith. 28 For ^awe maintain that an individual is justified by faith distinctly apart from works of the Law the observance of which has nothing to do with justification, that is, being declared free of the guilt of sin and made acceptable to God. 29 Or ^ais God the God of Jews only? Is He not also the God of Gentiles who were not given the Law? Yes, of Gentiles also, 30 since indeed it ^ais one and the same ^bGod ^cwho will justify the circumcised by faith which began with Abraham and the uncircumcised through their newly acquired faith.

31 Do we then nullify the Law by this faith making the Law of no effect, overthrowing it? ^aCertainly not! On the contrary, we confirm and ^bestablish and uphold the Law since it convicts us all of sin, pointing to the need for salvation.