Romans 3

King James Version · 31 verses · 1,170 cross-references linking it to 429 other chapters

1. 1What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?24 cross-references: Genesis 25:32, Romans 2:25–29, Ecclesiastes 6:8, Ecclesiastes 6:11, Hebrews 13:9
2. 2Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.49 cross-references: Romans 9:4, Acts 7:38, Nehemiah 9:13–14, 1 Corinthians 9:17, Hebrews 5:12
3. 3For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?36 cross-references: 2 Timothy 2:13, Hebrews 4:2, Romans 9:6, Isaiah 55:11, Romans 10:16
4. 4God 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.63 cross-references: Psalms 51:4, Psalms 116:11, Galatians 2:17, Hebrews 6:18, Deuteronomy 32:4
5. 5But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)54 cross-references: Romans 6:19, Galatians 3:15, 1 Corinthians 9:8, Romans 9:18–20, Nahum 1:2
6. 6God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?20 cross-references: Genesis 18:25, Acts 17:31, Job 8:3, Psalms 50:6, Romans 2:16
7. 7For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?25 cross-references: Romans 3:4, Romans 9:19–20, Acts 13:27–29, 2 Kings 8:10–15, Matthew 26:34
8. 8And 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.23 cross-references: Romans 6:1, Romans 6:15, Romans 7:7, Romans 5:20, Jude 1:4
9. 9What 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;40 cross-references: Galatians 3:22, Isaiah 65:5, Romans 6:15, Romans 11:32, Romans 3:22–23
10. 10As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:45 cross-references: Psalms 53:1–3, Psalms 14:1–3, Romans 3:23, 1 John 1:8–10, Job 15:14
11. 11There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.36 cross-references: Psalms 14:2–4, Psalms 53:2, Titus 3:3, Hosea 4:6, Romans 8:7
12. 12They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.25 cross-references: Psalms 14:3, Ecclesiastes 7:20, Isaiah 64:6, Isaiah 59:8, Isaiah 53:6
13. 13Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:39 cross-references: Psalms 5:9, Psalms 140:3, Matthew 23:27–28, Psalms 57:4, Jeremiah 9:3–5
14. 14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:9 cross-references: Psalms 10:7, Psalms 109:17–18, Psalms 59:12, James 3:10
15. 15Their feet are swift to shed blood:19 cross-references: Isaiah 59:7–8, Proverbs 1:16, Proverbs 6:18
16. 16Destruction and misery are in their ways:
17. 17And the way of peace have they not known:9 cross-references: Isaiah 59:8, Romans 5:1, Luke 1:79, Matthew 7:14, Isaiah 57:21
18. 18There is no fear of God before their eyes.13 cross-references: Psalms 36:1, Proverbs 23:17, Proverbs 16:6, Proverbs 8:13, Genesis 20:11
19. 19Now 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.122 cross-references: Galatians 3:10, Galatians 3:22–23, Romans 2:12–18, Romans 3:9, Ezekiel 16:63
20. 20Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.59 cross-references: Galatians 2:16, Acts 13:39, Romans 3:28, Galatians 2:19, Romans 4:15
21. 21But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;59 cross-references: Acts 10:43, Jeremiah 33:16, Philippians 3:9, Isaiah 61:10, Jeremiah 23:5–6
22. 22Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:57 cross-references: Romans 10:12, Galatians 3:28, Galatians 2:16, Romans 8:1, Colossians 3:11
23. 23For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;35 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 7:20, 1 John 1:8–10, Romans 3:9, Galatians 3:22, Romans 11:32
24. 24Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:56 cross-references: 1 Peter 1:18–19, Colossians 1:14, Titus 3:5–7, Ephesians 1:6–7, Romans 5:9
25. 25Whom 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;80 cross-references: Romans 3:23–24, 1 Peter 1:18–20, 1 John 4:10, 1 John 2:2, Colossians 1:20–23
26. 26To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.29 cross-references: Romans 4:5, Deuteronomy 32:4, Romans 3:30, Acts 13:38–39, Zephaniah 3:5
27. 27Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.38 cross-references: Romans 2:23, Romans 4:2, 1 Corinthians 1:29–31, Romans 2:17, Ephesians 2:8–10
28. 28Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.25 cross-references: Titus 3:7, Galatians 2:16, Galatians 3:8, Galatians 3:24, James 2:24
29. 29Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:66 cross-references: Colossians 3:11, Zechariah 2:11, Romans 9:24–26, Galatians 3:14, Ephesians 3:6
30. 30Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.22 cross-references: Galatians 3:8, Galatians 3:20, Philippians 3:3, Colossians 2:10–11, Galatians 6:15
31. 31Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.47 cross-references: Galatians 2:21, Matthew 5:17, Romans 13:8–10, 1 Corinthians 9:21, Romans 8:4

Explained connections

• None righteous, no, not one Psalms 14:1 and Romans 3:10

  Psalm 14 describes the LORD looking down and finding no one who does good. Paul opens a long chain of Old Testament quotations with it to prove that Jews and Gentiles alike are under sin.

• Their throat an open grave Psalms 5:9 and Romans 3:13

  David describes the deceitful speech of his enemies. Paul strings it into his catalogue of human sinfulness, focusing on how sin corrupts the mouth and tongue.

• Poison of asps under their lips Psalms 140:3 and Romans 3:13

  David compares slanderers to snakes with venom under their lips. Paul places it right after Psalm 5:9 in the same verse, building a picture of speech as an instrument of sin.

• No fear of God before their eyes Psalms 36:1 and Romans 3:18

  Psalm 36 diagnoses the wicked: no fear of God before their eyes. Paul ends his chain of quotations with this verse, naming the root of all the sins he has listed.

• That you may be justified in your words Psalms 51:4 and Romans 3:4

  In his confession after sinning with Bathsheba, David says God is right to judge him. Paul cites it to affirm God's faithfulness even when people are unfaithful.

• The mercy seat Exodus 25:17 and Romans 3:25

  The mercy seat was the gold lid of the ark where atoning blood was sprinkled. Paul calls Christ a propitiation, using the same Greek word (hilasterion) the Septuagint uses for the mercy seat: Christ is the place where sin is atoned.

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People in Romans 3

God, Jesus Christ

Hard questions about Romans 3

• Is a person, such as Abraham or Rahab, justified by faith or by works?
• Is anyone righteous or good, if “there is none righteous, no, not one”?
• Were idol-worshipping Gentiles excused for their ignorance, or left without excuse?