Romans 2:28-3:18
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For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh; |
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but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God. |
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What advantage then has the Jew, or what is the profit of circumcision? |
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Much in every way! Chiefly because to them were committed the oracles of God. |
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For what if some did not believe? Will their unbelief make the faithfulness of God without effect? |
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Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar. As it is written:"That You may be justified in Your words, And may overcome when You are judged." |
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But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust who inflicts wrath? (I speak as a man.) |
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Certainly not! For then how will God judge the world? |
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For if the truth of God has increased through my lie to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner? |
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And why not say, "Let us do evil that good may come"?-as we are slanderously reported and as some affirm that we say. Their condemnation is just. |
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What then? Are we better than they? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin. |
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As it is written:"There is none righteous, no, not one; |
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There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God. |
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They have all turned aside; They have together become unprofitable; There is none who does good, no, not one." |
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Their throat is an open tomb; With their tongues they have practiced deceit"; The poison of asps is under their lips; |
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Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. |
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Their feet are swift to shed blood; |
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Destruction and misery are in their ways; |
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And the way of peace they have not known." |
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There is no fear of God before their eyes. |