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Romans 3

Clinging to a Counterfeit Cross
Introduction

1  The Jews' prerogative;
3  which they have not lost;
9  howbeit the law convinces them also of sin;
20  therefore no flesh is justified by the law;
28  but all, without difference, by faith, only;
31  and yet the law is not abolished.
Verse 1

What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
advantage
2:25-29, Genesis 25:32, Ecclesiastes 6:8,11, Isaiah 1:11-15, Malachi 3:14, 1 Corinthians 15:32, Hebrews 13:9
Verse 2

Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
Much
3, 11:1,2,15-23,28,29
because
2:18, 9:4, Deuteronomy 4:7,8, Nehemiah 9:13,14, Psalms 78:4-7, 147:19,20, Isaiah 8:20, Ezekiel 20:11,12, Luke 16:29-31, John 5:39, 2 Timothy 3:15-17, 2 Peter 1:19-21, Revelation 19:10
committed
1 Corinthians 9:17, 2 Corinthians 5:19, Galatians 2:7, 1 Timothy 6:20
the oracles
1:2, Psalms 119:140, Daniel 10:21, Acts 7:38, 2 Timothy 3:15,16, Hebrews 5:12, 1 Peter 4:11, 2 Peter 1:20,21, Revelation 22:6
Verse 3

For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
if some
9:6, 10:16, 11:1-7, Hebrews 4:2
shall
11:29, Numbers 23:19, 1 Samuel 15:29, Isaiah 54:9,10, 55:11, 65:15,16, Jeremiah 33:24-26, Matthew 24:35, 2 Timothy 2:13, Hebrews 6:13-18
faith
Psalms 84:7, John 1:16, 2 Corinthians 3:18, 2 Thessalonians 1:3, Titus 1:1,2
Verse 4

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.
God forbid
6,31, 6:2,15, 7:7,13, 9:14, 11:1,11, Luke 20:16, 1 Corinthians 6:15, Galatians 2:17, 2:21, Galatians 6:14
let God
Deuteronomy 32:4, Job 40:8, Psalms 100:5, 119:160, 138:2, Micah 7:20, John 3:33, 2 Corinthians 1:18, Titus 1:2, Hebrews 6:18, 1 John 5:10,20, Revelation 3:7
but every
Psalms 62:9, 116:11
That thou
Job 36:3, Psalms 51:4, Matthew 11:19
Verse 5

But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)
But if
7,25,26, 8:20,21
what shall
4:1, 6:1, 7:7, 9:13,14
Is God
2:5, 3:19, 9:18-20, 12:19, Deuteronomy 32:39-43, Psalms 58:10,11, 94:1,2, Nahum 1:2,6-8, 2 Thessalonians 1:6-9, Revelation 15:3, 16:5-7, 18:20
I speak
6:19, 1 Corinthians 9:8, Galatians 3:15
Verse 6

God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
God forbid
for then
Genesis 18:25, Job 8:3, 34:17-19, Psalms 9:8, 11:5-7, 50:6, 96:13, 98:9, Acts 17:31
Verse 7

For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
if the truth
Genesis 37:8,9,20, 44:1-14, 50:18-20, Exodus 3:19, 14:5,30, 1 Kings 13:17,18,26-32, 2 Kings 8:10-15, Matthew 26:34,69-75
why yet
9:19,20, Isaiah 10:6,7, Acts 2:23, 13:27-29
Verse 8

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.
we be
Matthew 5:11, 1 Peter 3:16,17
Let us
5:20, 6:1,15, 7:7, Jude 1:4
Verse 9

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;
what then
5, 6:15, 11:7, 1 Corinthians 10:19, 14:15, Philippians 1:18
are we
22,23, Isaiah 65:5, Luke 7:39, 18:9-14, 1 Corinthians 4:7
proved
Gr. charged.
1:28-32, 2:1-16
that they
Galatians 3:10,22
Verse 10

As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
As it is
4, 11:8, 15:3,4, Isaiah 8:20, 1 Peter 1:16
There
Psalms 14:1-3, 53:1-3
none
23, Job 14:4, 15:14,16, 25:4, Jeremiah 17:9, Matthew 15:19, Mark 7:21,22, Mark 10:18, 1 Corinthians 6:9,10, Galatians 5:19-21, Ephesians 2:1-3, 5:3-6, Colossians 3:5-9, 1 Timothy 1:9,10, 2 Timothy 3:2-5, Titus 3:3, 1 John 1:8-10, Revelation 21:8, 22:15
Verse 11

There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
none that understandeth
1:22,28, Psalms 14:2-4, 53:2,4, 94:8, Proverbs 1:7,22,29,30, Isaiah 27:11, Jeremiah 4:22, Hosea 4:6, Matthew 13:13,14,19, Titus 3:3, 1 John 5:20
seeketh
8:7, Job 21:15,16, Isaiah 9:13, 31:1, 55:6, 65:1, Hosea 7:10
Verse 12

They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
They are
Exodus 32:8, Psalms 14:3, Ecclesiastes 7:29, Isaiah 53:6, 59:8, Jeremiah 2:13, Ephesians 2:3, 1 Peter 2:25
become
Genesis 1:31, 6:6,7, Matthew 25:30, Philemon 1:11
there is none
Psalms 53:1, Ecclesiastes 7:20, Isaiah 64:6, Ephesians 2:8-10, Philippians 2:12,13, Titus 2:13,14, James 1:16,17
Verse 13

Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
throat
Psalms 5:9, Jeremiah 5:16, Matthew 23:27,28
with their
4, Psalms 5:9, 12:3,4, 36:3, 52:2, 57:4, Isaiah 59:3, Jeremiah 9:3-5, Ezekiel 13:7, Matthew 12:34,35, James 3:5-8
the poison
Deuteronomy 32:33, Job 20:14-16, Psalms 140:3
Verse 14

Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
Psalms 10:7, 59:12, 109:17,18, James 3:10
Verse 15

Their feet are swift to shed blood:
Proverbs 1:16, 6:18, Isaiah 59:7,8
Verse 17

And the way of peace have they not known:
5:1, Isaiah 57:21, 59:8, Matthew 7:14, Luke 1:79
Verse 18

There is no fear of God before their eyes.
Genesis 20:11, Psalms 36:1, Proverbs 8:13, 16:6, 23:17, Luke 23:40, Revelation 19:5
Verse 19

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.
what things
2, 2:12-18, John 10:34,35, 15:25, 1 Corinthians 9:20,21, Galatians 3:23, 4:5,21, 5:18
that
4, 1:20, 2:1, 1 Samuel 2:9, Job 5:16, 9:2,3, Psalms 107:42, Ezekiel 16:63, Matthew 22:12,13, John 8:9, 1 Corinthians 1:29
and all the
9,23, 2:1,2, Galatians 3:10,22
guilty before God
or, subject to the judgment of God.
Verse 20

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.
Therefore
28, 2:13, 4:13, 9:32, Acts 13:39, Galatians 2:16,19, 3:10-13, 5:4, Ephesians 2:8,9, Titus 3:5-7, James 2:9,10
no flesh
Job 25:4, Psalms 130:3, 143:2, James 2:20-26
in his sight
Job 15:15, 25:5
for by the
7:7-9, Galatians 2:19
Verse 21

But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
righteousness
1:17, 5:19,21, 10:3,4, Genesis 15:6, Isaiah 45:24,25, 46:13, 51:8, 54:17, Isaiah 61:10, Jeremiah 23:5,6, 33:16, Daniel 9:24, Acts 15:11, 1 Corinthians 1:30, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Galatians 5:5, Philippians 3:9, Hebrews 11:4-40, 2 Peter 1:1
being
Deuteronomy 18:15-19, Luke 24:44, John 1:45, 3:14,15, 5:46,47, Acts 26:22, Hebrews 10:1-14
and the
1:2, 16:26, Acts 3:21-25, 10:43, 28:23, Galatians 3:8, 1 Peter 1:10
Verse 22

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:
which is
4:3-13,20-22, 5:1-11, 8:1, Philippians 3:9
unto all
4:6,11,22, Galatians 2:16, 3:6, James 2:23
and upon
Isaiah 61:10, Matthew 22:11,12, Luke 15:22, Galatians 3:7-9
for there
2:1, 10:12, Acts 15:9, 1 Corinthians 4:7, Galatians 3:28, Colossians 3:11
Verse 23

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
all have
9,19, 1:28-32, 2:1-16, 11:32, Ecclesiastes 7:20, Galatians 3:22, 1 John 1:8-10
come
Hebrews 4:1
of
5:2, 1 Thessalonians 2:12, 2 Thessalonians 2:14, 1 Peter 4:13, 5:1,10
Verse 24

Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
justified
4:16, 5:16-19, 1 Corinthians 6:11, Ephesians 2:7-10, Titus 3:5-7
through
5:9, Isaiah 53:11, Matthew 20:28, Ephesians 1:6,7, Colossians 1:14, 1 Timothy 2:6, Titus 2:14, Hebrews 9:2-14, 1 Peter 1:18,19, Revelation 5:9, 7:14
Verse 25

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;
set forth
or, foreordained.
Acts 2:23, 3:18, 4:28, 15:18, 1 Peter 1:18-20, Revelation 13:8
to be
Exodus 25:17-22, Leviticus 16:15, Hebrews 9:5; *Gr:; 1 John 2:2, 4:10
through
5:1,9,11, Isaiah 53:11, John 6:47,53-58, Colossians 1:20-23, Hebrews 10:19,20
to declare
26, Psalms 22:31, 40:10, 50:6, 97:6, 119:142, 1 John 1:10
remission
or, passing over.
23,24, 4:1-8, Acts 13:38,39, 17:30, 1 Timothy 1:15, Hebrews 9:15-22,25,26, 10:4, Hebrews 11:7,14,17,39,40, Revelation 5:9, 13:8, 20:15
Verse 26

To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
that he
Deuteronomy 32:4, Psalms 85:10,11, Isaiah 42:21, 45:21, Zephaniah 3:5,15, Zechariah 9:9, Acts 13:38,39, Revelation 15:3
and
30, 4:5, 8:33, Galatians 3:8-14
Verse 27

Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
Where
19, 2:17,23, 4:2, Ezekiel 16:62,63, 36:31,32, Zephaniah 3:11, Luke 18:9-14, 1 Corinthians 1:29-31, 4:7, Ephesians 2:8-10
of works
9:11,32, 10:5, 11:6, Galatians 2:16
but by
7:21,23,25, 8:2, Mark 16:16, John 3:36, Galatians 3:22, 1 John 5:11,12
Verse 28

Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
20-22,26, 4:5, 5:1, 8:3, John 3:14-18, 5:24, 6:40, Acts 13:38,39, 1 Corinthians 6:11, Galatians 2:16, 3:8,11-14,24, Philippians 3:9, Titus 3:7
Verse 29

Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
1:16, 9:24-26, 11:12,13, 15:9-13,16, Genesis 17:7,8,18, Psalms 22:7, 67:2, Psalms 72:17, Isaiah 19:23-25, 54:5, Jeremiah 16:19, 31:33, Hosea 1:10, Zechariah 2:11, Zechariah 8:20-23, Malachi 1:11, Matthew 22:32, 28:19, Mark 16:15,16, Luke 24:46,47, Acts 9:15, 22:21, 26:17, Galatians 3:14,25-29, Ephesians 3:6, Colossians 3:11
Verse 30

Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
28, 4:11,12, 10:12,13, Galatians 2:14-16, 3:8,20,28, 5:6, 6:15, Philippians 3:3, Colossians 2:10,11
Verse 31

Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
do we
4:14, Psalms 119:126, Jeremiah 8:8,9, Matthew 5:17, 15:6, Galatians 2:21, 3:17-19
God
[Me genoito] literally, let it not be, and which might be rendered less objectionably, far from it, by no means.
yea
7:7-14,22,25, 8:4, 10:4, 13:8-10, Psalms 40:8, Isaiah 42:21, Jeremiah 31:33,34, Matthew 3:15, 5:20, 1 Corinthians 9:21, Galatians 2:19, 5:18-23, Hebrews 10:15,16, James 2:8-12

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