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Romans

Paul's letter explaining salvation through faith in Jesus Christ and the importance of living a holy life.

Chapter 3

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KJV: What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?

Geneva: What is then the preferment of the Iewe? Or what is the profite of circumcision?

KJV: Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

Geneva: Much euery maner of way: for chiefly, because vnto them were of credite committed the oracles of God.

KJV: For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?

Geneva: For what, though some did not beleeue? Shall their vnbeliefe make the faith of God without effect?

KJV: God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

Geneva: God forbid: yea, let God be true, and euery man a lyar, as it is written, That thou mightest be iustified in thy words, and ouercome, when thou art iudged.

KJV: But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)

Geneva: Now if our vnrighteousnes comend the righteousnes of God, what shal we say? Is God vnrighteous which punisheth? (I speake as a man.)

KJV: God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?

Geneva: God forbid: els how shal God iudge ye world?

KJV: For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?

Geneva: For if the veritie of God hath more abounded through my lye vnto his glorie, why am I yet condemned as a sinner?

KJV: And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.

Geneva: And (as we are blamed, & as some affirme, that we say) why doe we not euil, that good may come thereof? whose damnation is iust.

KJV: What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

Geneva: What then? Are we more excellent? No, in no wise: for we haue alreadie prooued, that all, both Iewes and Gentiles are vnder sinne,

KJV: As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

Geneva: As it is written, There is none righteous, no not one.

KJV: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

Geneva: There is none that vnderstandeth: there is none that seeketh God.

KJV: They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Geneva: They haue all gone out of the way: they haue bene made altogether vnprofitable: there is none that doeth good, no not one.

KJV: Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

Geneva: Their throte is an open sepulchre: they haue vsed their tongues to deceit: the poyson of aspes is vnder their lippes.

KJV: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

Geneva: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitternesse.

KJV: Their feet are swift to shed blood:

Geneva: Their feete are swift to shead blood.

KJV: Destruction and misery are in their ways:

Geneva: Destruction & calamity are in their waies,

KJV: And the way of peace have they not known:

Geneva: And ye way of peace they haue not knowen.

KJV: There is no fear of God before their eyes.

Geneva: The feare of God is not before their eies.

KJV: Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

Geneva: Now we know that whatsoeuer ye Lawe saieth, it saieth it to them which are vnder ye Law, that euery mouth may bee stopped, and all the world be subiect to the iudgement of God.

KJV: Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

Geneva: Therefore by the woorkes of the Lawe shall no flesh be iustified in his sight: for by the Lawe commeth the knowledge of sinne.

KJV: But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

Geneva: But nowe is the righteousnesse, of God made manifest without the Lawe, hauing witnes of the Lawe and of the Prophets,

KJV: Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

Geneva: To wit, the righteousnesse of God by the faith of Iesus Christ, vnto all, and vpon all that beleeue.

KJV: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Geneva: For there is no difference: for all haue sinned, and are depriued of the glorie of God,

KJV: Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

Geneva: And are iustified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Iesus,

KJV: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

Geneva: Whom God hath set forth to be a reconciliation through faith in his blood to declare his righteousnes, by the forgiuenesse of the sinnes that are passed,

KJV: To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

Geneva: Through the patience of God, to shewe at this time his righteousnesse, that hee might be iust, and a iustifier of him which is of the faith of Iesus.

KJV: Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

Geneva: Where is then the reioycing? It is excluded. By what Lawe? of woorkes? Nay: but by the Lawe of faith.

KJV: Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

Geneva: Therefore we conclude, that a man is iustified by faith, without the workes of the Lawe.

KJV: Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:

Geneva: God, is he the God of the Iewes onely, and not of the Gentiles also? Yes, euen of the Gentiles also.

KJV: Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

Geneva: For it is one God, who shall iustifie circumcision of faith, and vncircumcision through faith.

KJV: Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

Geneva: Doe we then make the Lawe of none effect through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the Lawe.

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