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3 So what advantage is it in being a Jew and what’s the benefit of circumcision? 2 A lot in every way. Firstly, Jews were entrusted with the writing down of God’s messages. 3 But what if some didn’t believe? Wouldn’t the unbelief of Jews make faith that comes from God worthless? 4 [ref]Absolutely not. Even if every person was a liar, God is true just like it’s been written about him:
‘You will be proved right about what you say,
and you’ll prevail when you’re judged in court.’
5 But if our sinfulness highlights God’s sinlessness, what can we say about that? So isn’t God, the one inflicting the severe anger, wrong to punish us. (Of course this is reasoning from a human perspective.) 6 Of course not, otherwise how could God be able to judge the world?
7 But if my lie exposes God’s truth and so brings him honour, why would he still judge me as a sinner? 8 Some people falsely accuse us of saying, ‘Let’s do evil things so that good might follow.’ Those who say that deserve their punishment.
3:9 No person is guiltless
9 What then? Do Jews have any advantage? Definitely not, because we showed earlier that both Jews and other nationalities are all under sin’s shadow 10 [ref]just like it was written long ago:
‘No one is guiltless,
not even one person.
11 No one understands,
there’s not even one person trying to find God.
it was a waste of time.
No one is being kind,
Not even one person.’
13 [ref]‘Their words lead to death,
‘Their lips spray out poison.’
14 [ref]‘Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.’
15 [ref]‘They rush off to go and shed blood.
16 They leave trails of destruction and misery—
17 they don’t know the path that leads to peace.’
18 [ref]Revering God isn’t at the front of their minds.
19 We know that whatever the law says, it’s for everyone that the law applies to, so that no one can speak against it, and the whole world will be bound by God’s judgement. 20 [ref]No human will be declared guiltless in front of God by their keeping the law, because it’s the law that teaches what sin is.
3:21 Removing the guilt from sin
21 But now God has revealed a way to remove guilt that’s not by rules—a way that Moses and the prophets wrote about. 22 [ref]We can be made right with God through faith in Yeshua Messiah. This is for everyone who believes because there’s no distinction between Jews and others 23 because everyone has sinned and is unable to be honoured by God. 24 But even without deserving it, we can be declared guiltless by God’s grace by being bought out of slavery to sin by Messiah Yeshua 25 who God placed on the altar as a sacrifice for sin. This happens through faith in his blood which was a sign of his sinlessness.
(God hasn’t yet judged those who sinned in the past 26 because of his patience, waiting for the present time to show his righteousness and to be fair, and to remove the guilt of those with faith in Yeshua.)
27 So where does that leave boasting? It’s not in the picture. How come? Through obeying the Moses’ laws? No, through a law about faith. 28 So now we should expect that a person will be made guiltless by faith—not by obeying Moses’ laws. 29 Or is God only god of the Jews? Isn’t he also the god of others? Yes, he is the God of others. 30 [ref]Indeed, there’s only one God and he declares people guiltless by faith whether they’re circumcised Jews, or non-Jews. 31 So does this ‘faith’ cancel the law? Not on your life. In fact, it upholds the law.
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