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Romans 3

Highlighted words differ from the KJV. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

  1. 1
    KJVWhat advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
    WEBThen what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the profit of circumcision?
  2. 2
    KJVMuch every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
    WEBMuch in every way! Because first of all, they were entrusted with the revelations of God.
  3. 3
    KJVFor what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
    WEBFor what if some were without faith? Will their lack of faith nullify the faithfulness of God?
  4. 4
    KJVGod 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.
    WEBMay it never be! Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar. As it is written, “that you might be justified in your words, and might prevail when you come into judgment.”
  5. 5
    KJVBut if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)
    WEBBut if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak like men do.
  6. 6
    KJVGod forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
    WEBMay it never be! For then how will God judge the world?
  7. 7
    KJVFor if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
    WEBFor if the truth of God through my lie abounded to his glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?
  8. 8
    KJVAnd 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.
    WEBWhy not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), “Let’s do evil, that good may come?” Those who say so are justly condemned.
  9. 9
    KJVWhat 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;
    WEBWhat then? Are we better than they? No, in no way. For we previously warned both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin.
  10. 10
    KJVAs it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
    WEBAs it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one.
  11. 11
    KJVThere is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
    WEBThere is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God.
  12. 12
    KJVThey are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
    WEBThey have all turned away. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one who does good, no, not so much as one.”
  13. 13
    KJVTheir throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
    WEB“Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit.” “The poison of vipers is under their lips.”
  14. 14
    KJVWhose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
    WEB“Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”
  15. 15
    KJVTheir feet are swift to shed blood:
    WEB“Their feet are swift to shed blood.
  16. 16
    KJVDestruction and misery are in their ways:
    WEBDestruction and misery are in their ways.
  17. 17
    KJVAnd the way of peace have they not known:
    WEBThe way of peace, they haven’t known.”
  18. 18
    KJVThere is no fear of God before their eyes.
    WEB“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
  19. 19
    KJVNow 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.
    WEBNow we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.
  20. 20
    KJVTherefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
    WEBBecause by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
  21. 21
    KJVBut now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
    WEBBut now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified by the law and the prophets;
  22. 22
    KJVEven the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
    WEBeven the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all those who believe. For there is no distinction,
  23. 23
    KJVFor all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
    WEBfor all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
  24. 24
    KJVBeing justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
    WEBbeing justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
  25. 25
    KJVWhom 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;
    WEBwhom God sent to be an atoning sacrifice through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God’s forbearance;
  26. 26
    KJVTo declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
    WEBto demonstrate his righteousness at this present time, that he might himself be just and the justifier of him who has faith in Jesus.
  27. 27
    KJVWhere is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
    WEBWhere then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.
  28. 28
    KJVTherefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
    WEBWe maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.
  29. 29
    KJVIs he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
    WEBOr is God the God of Jews only? Isn’t he the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,
  30. 30
    KJVSeeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
    WEBsince indeed there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
  31. 31
    KJVDo we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
    WEBDo we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be! No, we establish the law.
  • King James Version (1769 text), public domain outside the United Kingdom, where Crown letters patent apply.
  • World English Bible (WEB), public domain. “World English Bible” is a trademark of eBible.org.