Romans 3:21-5:11
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
But Now Righteousness From God Has Been Revealed
21 But now apart from law[a], the righteousness of God has been revealed, being attested by the Law and the Prophets.
It Comes As an Undeserved Gift Through Faith In Christ, Who Satisfied God’s Wrath
22 And it is the righteousness of God through faith[b] in Jesus Christ for all the ones believing! For there is no distinction, 23 for all sinned and are coming-short-of the glory of God, 24 being declared-righteous as-a-gift[c] by His grace through the redemption in Christ Jesus, 25 Whom God set-forth[d] as that-which-satisfies[e] [His wrath] through faith, in[f] His blood— for the demonstration[g] of His righteousness because of the passing-by of the sins having previously-taken-place 26 in the forbearance[h] of God; for the demonstration of His righteousness at the present time, so that He might be righteous and declaring-righteous the one of [i] faith in Jesus.
There Can Be No Boasting In Our Works: It Is By Faith For All!
27 Where then is the boasting? It was shut-out[j]. Through what kind of law[k]? Of works? No, but through a law of faith. 28 For we consider a person to be declared-righteous by faith apart from works of the Law. 29 Or is He the God of Jews only[l]? Is He not also the God of Gentiles? Yes, of Gentiles also, 30 since there is one God— Who will declare-righteous the circumcised by faith, and the uncircumcised through the same[m] faith. 31 Do we then nullify the Law through the faith? May it never be! On the contrary, we establish the Law.
What About Abraham?
4 What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according-to[n] the flesh, has found? 2 For if Abraham was declared-righteous by works, he has a boast— but not before God.
His Righteousness Came By Faith
3 For what does the Scripture say?— “And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness” [Gen 15:6]. 4 Now to the one working, the wages are not credited to him based-on grace, but based on debt. 5 But to the one not working but putting-faith upon the One declaring the ungodly righteous— his faith is credited for righteousness. 6 Just as David also says [in Ps 32:1-2] as to the blessedness of the person to whom God credits righteousness apart from works: 7 “Blessed are the ones whose lawless-deeds were forgiven and whose sins were covered. 8 Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count”.
This Occurred Prior To Circumcision
9 So is this blessedness upon the circumcised, or upon the uncircumcised also? For we say “Faith was credited to Abraham for righteousness”. 10 How then was it credited— to one being in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision! 11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of [o] faith while in uncircumcision, so that he might be[p] the father of all the ones believing through uncircumcision— so that righteousness might be credited also to them— 12 and the father of the circumcised to the ones not of circumcision only, but indeed the ones walking-in-line in the footsteps of the faith of our father Abraham while he was in uncircumcision.
The Promise Was Not Through The Law But Faith, Making It Firm To All
13 For the promise to Abraham or to his seed[q] that he should be the inheritor of the world was not through the Law[r], but through the righteousness of faith! 14 For if the ones of the Law are inheritors, faith has been made-empty[s] and the promise has been nullified[t]. 15 For the Law brings-about wrath. But where there is no Law, neither is there transgression[u]. 16 For this reason it is by faith, in order that it may be based on grace, so that the promise might be firm[v] to all the seed— not to the seed of the Law only[w], but also to the seed of the faith of Abraham,
Abraham Is The Father of All Who Believe
... who is the father of us all— 17 just as it has been written [in Gen 17:5] that “I have made you a father of many nations”— before God[x] Whom he believed, the One giving-life-to the dead and calling the things not being as[y] being,
He Believed God’s Promise, Contrary To All His Human Circumstances
18 ... who believed contrary-to[z] hope, upon hope, so that he might become[aa] the father of many nations in accordance with the thing having been spoken [in Gen 15:5]: “So shall your seed be”. 19 And not having weakened in faith, he considered[ab] his own body already having become impotent[ac], being about a hundred years old, and the deadness of the womb of Sarah. 20 But he did not waver in unbelief with reference to the promise of God, but became-strong in faith— having given glory to God, 21 and having been fully-convinced that what He had promised He was able also to do.
His Faith Was Credited To Him As Righteousness, And So Is Ours
22 Therefore indeed it was credited to him for righteousness. 23 And it was not written for his sake only that it was credited to him, 24 but also for our sake to whom it is going-to be credited— the ones putting-faith upon the One having raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, 25 Who was handed-over for[ad] our trespasses and was raised for[ae] our justification.
This Means We Have Peace With God And Access To His Grace Through Jesus Christ
5 Therefore, having been declared-righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through Whom also we have the access by faith into this grace in which we stand.
And In Spite of Our Afflictions, Our Hope Will Not Disappoint Us, For God Loves Us
And we are boasting over the hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only this, but we also are boasting in the afflictions— knowing that the affliction is producing endurance, 4 and the endurance is producing approvedness, and the approvedness is producing hope, 5 and the hope does not put-to-shame[af] because the love of God has been poured-out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit having been given to us.
For God Shows His Love For Us In That Christ Died To Reconcile And Save Us
6 For while we were still being weak, yet at the right-time, Christ died for ungodly ones. 7 For one will rarely[ag] die for a righteous person; for[ah] perhaps someone may even dare to die for the good person. 8 But God demonstrates[ai] His own love for us because while we were still being sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Therefore by much more, having now been declared-righteous by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath through Him. 10 For if while being enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, by much more having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
Our Boast Is In God Through Jesus Christ
11 And not only this, but we are also boasting in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through Whom we now received the reconciliation.
Footnotes
- Romans 3:21 That is, any kind of law, Jewish or Gentile. Or, Law, the Law of Moses.
- Romans 3:22 Or, through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ (to what God sent Him to do).
- Romans 3:24 Or, freely, without a cause.
- Romans 3:25 Or, presented, publicly displayed.
- Romans 3:25 Or, that-which-propitiates, the-means-of-satisfaction, the-satisfying-sacrifice. That is, that which satisfies God’s wrath and obtains His mercy; the focus being on God. Jesus is the sacrifice that removes or satisfies God’s wrath against sin that Paul has just proven is upon all flesh. Or, that-which-expiates, covers, cleanses [our sin]. That is, that which removes our sin and guilt; the focus being on our sin.
- Romans 3:25 Or, by. The satisfaction is both through faith (from our viewpoint) and in or by His blood (from His viewpoint). Or, through faith in His blood.
- Romans 3:25 Or, proof.
- Romans 3:26 Or, holding back, clemency, delay of punishment.
- Romans 3:26 That is, characterized by.
- Romans 3:27 Or, excluded.
- Romans 3:27 Or, principle, system. Or, Law (meaning, through a Law wrongly understood as of works? No, through a Law rightly understood as of faith).
- Romans 3:29 This would be the conclusion if we were saved through a Law of Jewish works.
- Romans 3:30 Lit, ‘the faith’ just mentioned.
- Romans 4:1 Or, with respect to. Or, our forefather, has found according to the flesh (that is, by works)?
- Romans 4:11 Or, by faith; or, his faith-righteousness.
- Romans 4:11 That is, from his viewpoint. Or, so that he is (from our viewpoint).
- Romans 4:13 That is, his believing offspring, his spiritual descendants, v 11-12.
- Romans 4:13 Or, law, depending on whether Paul is speaking from the viewpoint of Abraham (who lived before the Law) or his seed (who lived under it).
- Romans 4:14 Or, voided. That is, emptied of any value or place.
- Romans 4:14 The promise of a free gift is nullified, since obedience would be required to obtain it.
- Romans 4:15 Or, violation. There is no law to violate in connection with the promise of a gift, so there can be no transgression and no wrath.
- Romans 4:16 Or, secure, certain.
- Romans 4:16 That is, to people like Paul; believing Jews.
- Romans 4:17 Abraham is the spiritual father of us all before God.
- Romans 4:17 Or, as-if. That is, calling the things not being [into] being, in an act of creation, as seen in the birth of Isaac. Or, calling/naming the things not [yet] being as-if being, as if they already existed, as when He calls Abraham the father of many nations when he had no child.
- Romans 4:18 Or, against, beyond. That is, contrary to all human hope could offer, upon the hope God promised.
- Romans 4:18 That is, from his viewpoint. Or, so that he became (from our viewpoint).
- Romans 4:19 Some manuscripts say ‘he did not consider’.
- Romans 4:19 Or, dead, as good as dead, lifeless, with regard to procreation.
- Romans 4:25 Or, for the sake of, because of.
- Romans 4:25 Or, for the sake of, because of.
- Romans 5:5 Or, disappoint.
- Romans 5:7 Or, hardly, scarcely.
- Romans 5:7 Or, though.
- Romans 5:8 Or, shows, exhibits.
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing
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