Bible Word Study

Τί οὖν τὸ περισσὸν τοῦ Ἰουδαίου ἢ τίς ἡ ὠφέλεια τῆς περιτομῆς;

NET2 Therefore what advantage does the Jew have, or what is the value of circumcision?

πολὺ κατὰ πάντα τρόπον. πρῶτον μὲν ὅτι ἐπιστεύθησαν τὰ λόγια τοῦ θεοῦ.

NET2 Actually, there are many advantages. First of all, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God.

τί γάρ; εἰ ἠπίστησαν τινες, μὴ ἡ ἀπιστία αὐτῶν τὴν πίστιν τοῦ θεοῦ καταργήσει;

NET2 What then? If some were unfaithful, their unfaithfulness will not nullify God’s faithfulness, will it?

μὴ γένοιτο· γινέσθω δὲ ὁ θεὸς ἀληθής, πᾶς δὲ ἄνθρωπος ψεύστης, |καθὼς| γέγραπται· ὅπως ἂν δικαιωθῇς ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου καὶ νικήσεις ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαι σε.

NET2 Absolutely not! Let God be proven true, and every human being shown up as a liar, just as it is written: “so that you will be justified in your words and will prevail when you are judged.”

εἰ δὲ ἡ ἀδικία ἡμῶν θεοῦ δικαιοσύνην συνίστησιν, τί ἐροῦμεν; μὴ ἄδικος ὁ θεὸς ὁ ἐπιφέρων τὴν ὀργήν; (κατὰ ἄνθρωπον λέγω.)

NET2 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is he? (I am speaking in human terms.)

μὴ γένοιτο· ἐπεὶ πῶς κρινεῖ ὁ θεὸς τὸν κόσμον;

NET2 Absolutely not! For otherwise how could God judge the world?

εἰ δὲ ἡ ἀλήθεια τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ ψεύσματι ἐπερίσσευσεν εἰς τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, τί ἔτι καγὼ ὡς ἁμαρτωλὸς κρίνομαι;

NET2 For if by my lie the truth of God enhances his glory, why am I still actually being judged as a sinner?

καὶ μὴ καθὼς βλασφημούμεθα |καὶ| καθώς φασίν τινες ἡμᾶς λέγειν ὅτι ποιήσωμεν τὰ κακά, ἵνα ἔλθῃ τὰ ἀγαθά; (ὧν τὸ κρίμα ἔνδικον ἐστιν.)

NET2 And why not say, “Let us do evil so that good may come of it”?—as some who slander us allege that we say. (Their condemnation is deserved!)

Τί οὖν; προεχόμεθα; οὐ πάντως· προῃτιασάμεθα γὰρ Ἰουδαίους τε καὶ ῞Ελληνας πάντας ὑφ᾿ ἁμαρτίαν εἶναι,

NET2 What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin,

καθὼς γέγραπται ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν δίκαιος οὐδὲ εἷς,

NET2 just as it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one;

οὐκ ἔστιν |ὁ| συνίων, οὐκ ἔστιν |ὁ| ἐκζητῶν τὸν θεόν.

NET2 there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God.

πάντες ἐξέκλιναν ἅμα ἠχρεώθησαν· οὐκ ἔστιν |ὁ| ποιῶν χρηστότητα, [οὐκ ἔστιν] ἕως ἑνός.

NET2 All have turned away; together they have become worthless; there is no one who shows kindness, not even one.”

τάφος ἀνεῳγμένος ὁ λάρυγξ αὐτῶν, ταῖς γλώσσαις αὐτῶν ἐδολιοῦσαν, ἰὸς ἀσπίδων ὑπὸ τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν·

NET2 “Their throats are open graves; they deceive with their tongues; the poison of asps is under their lips.”

ὧν τὸ στόμα ἀρᾶς καὶ πικρίας γέμει,

NET2 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”

ὀξεῖς οἱ πόδες αὐτῶν ἐκχέαι αἷμα,

NET2 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;

σύντριμμα καὶ ταλαιπωρία ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτῶν,

NET2 ruin and misery are in their paths,

καὶ ὁδὸν εἰρήνης οὐκ ἔγνωσαν.

NET2 and the way of peace they have not known.”

οὐκ ἔστιν φόβος θεοῦ ἀπέναντι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτῶν.

NET2 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

οἴδαμεν δὲ ὅτι ὅσα ὁ νόμος λέγει τοῖς ἐν τῷ νόμῳ λαλεῖ, ἵνα πᾶν στόμα φραγῇ καὶ ὑπόδικος γένηται πᾶς ὁ κόσμος τῷ θεῷ·

NET2 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.

διότι ἐξ ἔργων νόμου οὐ δικαιωθήσεται πᾶσα σὰρξ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, διὰ γὰρ νόμου ἐπίγνωσις ἁμαρτίας.

NET2 For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.