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NASB | Romans 3:31 ¶ Do we then nullify the Law through faith? May it never be! On the contrary, we establish the Law. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 3:31 ¶ Do we then nullify the Law by this faith [making the Law of no effect, overthrowing it]? Certainly not! On the contrary, we confirm and establish and uphold the Law [since it convicts us all of sin, pointing to the need for salvation]. |
Bible Question:
Hi Ray, I am getting 2 things from your answer. First from Rom 2:29, that one is not circumsized in the heart by keeping the law but having been circumsized by faith we are now able to keep the law. Mt 5:19 says it is very important to keep all righteousness, that is not sin, and to solemnly point all others in the same direction. There is great urgency in this command. Does not Rom 8:4 say that He has enabled US fulfill the righteous requirements of the law? Rom 8:4 "so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit." Have I got your meaning? tortoise |
Bible Answer: Hi tortoise, What you have written seems to me to be what the Scriptures are saying. I look at Romans 2:29 where it says that our praise does not come from men, that is from flesh, but rather our praise comes from God. I look at the verse and I think of Matthew 3:17, "and behold, a voice out of the heavens, saying, "This is My Son, the Beloved, in whom I am well pleased." That is the praise that we should be seeking as we serve Him. 1) I compare/contrast Romans 8:4 with Romans 3:31 and I wonder how much is up to US. In Romans 3:31, the King James Version reads "God forbid". Yet I have learned this week that seven times in the book of Romans we have this phrase as the translation in the KJ when neither of the words are in the Greek. I think that the NASB's "May it never be!" or the New King James's "Certainly not!" are better translations. And the seven questions in these verses where "God forbid" is the rendering, can actually be answered and acted upon by US. In other words, Romans 3:31, "Do we then nullify the Law through faith?" May it never be! Certainly not! Romans 3:3, "What then? If some did not believe, their unbelief will not nullify the faithfulness of God, will it?" verse 4 May it never be! Romans 3:5, "But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is He?...verse 6 May it never be! Romans 6:15, "What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? [the answer is in the same verse] May it never be!" Romans 7:7, "What shall WE say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be!..." Romans 9:14, "What shall We say then? There is no injustice with God, is there? May it never be!" Romans 11:11, "I say then, they did not stumble so as to fall, did they? May it never be! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make them jealous." 2) If indeed the Spirit of God dwells in us, we are not in the flesh but in the Spirit and we belong to God. We have the Spirit of God and the Spirit of Christ. Romans 8:9. Romans 4:1, "What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has found? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about; but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? "And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness." So do we boast because the Spirit of God indwells us? Galatians 6:14, "But MAY IT NEVER BE that I should should boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. [Or, creature]. And those who will walk by this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God." From the heart, Ray |