ΠΑΥΛΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΥ Η ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜΑΙΟΥΣ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ

Epistle to the Romans

CHAPTER 3

| 1 | τι |  | ουν |  | το |  | περισσον |  | του |  | ιουδαιου |  | η |  | τις |  | η |  | ωφελεια |  | της |
|  | What |  | then [is] |  | the |  | superiority |  | of the |  | Jew? |  | or |  | what |  | the |  | profit |  | of the |

περιτομης |  |
circumcision? |  |

| 2 | πολυ |  | κατα |  | παντα |  | τροπον |  | πρωτον |  | μεν |  | γαρ |  | οτι |  | επιστευθησαν |  | τα |
|  | Much |  | in |  | every |  | way: |  | first 2 |  | ♦ |  | for 1 |  | that |  | they were entrusted with |  | the |

λογια |  | του |  | θεου |  |
oracles |  | ♦ |  | of God. |  |

| 3 | τι |  | γαρ |  | ει |  | ηπιστησαν |  | τινες |  | μη |  | η |  | απιστια |  | αυτων |  | την |
|  | For what, |  | ♦ |  | if |  | not 3 believed 2 |  | some? 1 |  | ♦ |  | their 5 unbelief 6 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | the 11 |

πιστιν |  | του |  | θεου |  | καταργησει |  |
faith 12 |  | ♦ |  | of 13 God 14 |  | shall 4 make 7 of 8 no 9 effect? 10 |  |

| 4 | μη |  | γενοιτο |  | γινεσθω |  | δε |  | ο |  | θεος |  | αληθης |  | πας |  | δε |  | ανθρωπος |
|  | may it not be! |  | ♦ |  | but let be 2 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | God 1 |  | true, |  | and every |  | ♦ |  | man |

ψευστης |  | καθως |  | γεγραπται |  | οπως |  | αν |  | δικαιωθης |  | εν
false, |  | according as |  | it has been written, |  | That |  | thou shouldest be justified |  | ♦ |  | in

| τοις |  | λογοις |  | σου |  | και |  | νικησης |  | εν |  | τω |  | κρινεσθαι |  | σε |  |
| thy words, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | and |  | overcome |  | in |  | ♦ |  | thy being judged. |  | ♦ |  |

| 5 | ει |  | δε |  | η |  | αδικια |  | ημων |  | θεου |  | δικαιοσυνην |  | συνιστησιν |  | τι |
|  | But if |  | ♦ |  | our unrighteousness |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | God’s 2 |  | righteousness 3 |  | commend, 1 |  | what |

ερουμεν |  | μη |  | αδικος |  | ο |  | θεος |  | ο |  | επιφερων |  | την |  | οργην |  | κατα |
shall we say? |  | - [is] |  | unrighteous 2 |  | ♦ |  | God 1 |  | who |  | inflicts |  | ♦ |  | wrath? |  | According to |

ανθρωπον |  | λεγω |  |
man |  | I speak. |  |

| 6 | μη |  | γενοιτο |  | επει |  | πως |  | κρινει |  | ο |  | θεος |  | τον |  | κοσμον |  |
|  | May it not be! |  | ♦ |  | since |  | how |  | shall judge 2 |  | ♦ |  | God 1 |  | the |  | world? |  |

| 7 | ει |  | γαρ |  | η |  | αληθεια |  | του |  | θεου |  | εν |  | τω |  | εμω |  | ψευσματι |  | επερισσευσεν |  | εις |
|  | If 2 |  | for 1 |  | the |  | truth |  | ♦ |  | of God |  | in |  | my lie |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | abounded |  | to |

την |  | δοξαν |  | αυτου |  | τι |  | ετι |  | καγω |  | ως |  | αμαρτωλος |  | κρινομαι |  |
his glory, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | why |  | yet |  | also 3 I 2 |  | as 4 |  | a 5 sinner 6 |  | am judged? 1 |  |

| 8 | και |  | μη |  | καθως |  | βλασφημουμεθα |  | και |  | καθως |  | φασιν |  | τινες |
|  | and not, |  | ♦ |  | according as |  | we are injuriously charged |  | and |  | according as |  | affirm 2 |  | some [that] 1 |

ημας |  | λεγειν |  | οτι |  | ποιησωμεν |  | τα |  | κακα |  | ινα |  | ελθη |  | τα |
we |  | say, |  | ♦ |  | Let us practise |  | evil things |  | ♦ |  | that |  | may 3 come 4 |  | good 1 things? 2 |

αγαθα |  | ων |  | το |  | κριμα |  | ενδικον |  | εστιν |  |
♦ |  | whose |  | ♦ |  | judgement |  | just 2 |  | is. 1 |  |

| 9 | τι |  | ουν |  | προεχομεθα |  | ου |  | παντως |  | προητιασαμεθα |  | γαρ |  | ιουδαιους |  | τε
|  | What |  | then? |  | are we better? |  | not at all: |  | ♦ |  | for we before charged |  | ♦ |  | both Jews |  | ♦

| και |  | ελληνας |  | παντας |  | υφ |  | αμαρτιαν |  | ειναι |  |
| and |  | Greeks |  | all |  | under 3 |  | sin 4 |  | [with] 1 being: 2 |  |

| 10 | καθως |  | γεγραπται |  | οτι |  | ουκ |  | εστιν |  | δικαιος |  | ουδε |  | εις |  |
|  | according as |  | it has been written, |  | ♦ |  | There is not |  | ♦ |  | a righteous one, |  | not even |  | one: |  |

| 11 | ουκ |  | εστιν |  | ο |  | συνιων |  | ουκ |  | εστιν |  | ο |  | εκζητων |  | τον |
|  | there is not [one] |  | ♦ |  | that |  | understands, |  | there is not [one] |  | ♦ |  | that |  | seeks after |  | ♦ |

θεον |  |
God. |  |

| 12 | παντες |  | εξεκλιναν |  | αμα |  | ηχρειωθησαν |  | ουκ |  | εστιν |
|  | All |  | did go out of the way, |  | together they |  | became unprofitable; |  | there is not [one] |  | ♦ |

ποιων |  | χρηστοτητα |  | ουκ |  | εστιν |  | εως |  | ενος |  |
practising |  | kindness, |  | there is not |  | ♦ |  | so much as |  | one; |  |

| 13 | ταφος |  | ανεωγμενος |  | ο |  | λαρυγξ |  | αυτων |  | ταις |  | γλωσσαις |
|  | sepulchre |  | an 1 opened 2 [is] |  | their throat, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | with tongues 2 |  | ♦ |

αυτων |  | εδολιουσαν |  | ιος |  | ασπιδων |  | υπο |  | τα |  | χειλη |  | αυτων |  |
their 1 |  | they used deceit: |  | poision |  | of asps |  | [is] under |  | their lips: |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 14 | ων |  | το |  | στομα |  | αρας |  | και |  | πικριας |  | γεμει |  |
|  | of whom |  | the |  | mouth |  | of cursing |  | and |  | of bitterness |  | is full; |  |

| 15 | οξεις |  | οι |  | ποδες |  | αυτων |  | εκχεαι |  | αιμα |  |
|  | swift |  | ♦ |  | their feet |  | ♦ |  | to shed |  | blood; |  |

| 16 | συντριμμα |  | και |  | ταλαιπωρια |  | εν |  | ταις |  | οδοις |  | αυτων |  |
|  | ruin |  | and |  | misery |  | [are] in |  | their ways; |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 17 | και |  | οδον |  | ειρηνης |  | ουκ |  | εγνωσαν |  |
|  | and |  | a way |  | of peace |  | they did not know: |  | ♦ |  |

| 18 | ουκ |  | εστιν |  | φοβος |  | θεου |  | απεναντι |  | των |  | οφθαλμων |  | αυτων |  |
|  | there is no |  | ♦ |  | fear |  | of God |  | before |  | their eyes. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 19 | οιδαμεν |  | δε |  | οτι |  | οσα |  | ο |  | νομος |  | λεγει |  | τοις |  | εν |  | τω |  | νομω |  | λαλει |
|  | Now we know |  | ♦ |  | that |  | whatsoever |  | the |  | law |  | says, |  | to those |  | in |  | the |  | law |  | it speaks, |

ινα |  | παν |  | στομα |  | φραγη |  | και |  | υποδικος |  | γενηται |  | πας |  | ο |  | κοσμος |  | τω |
that |  | every |  | mouth |  | may be stopped, |  | and |  | under judgment |  | be |  | all |  | the |  | world |  | ♦ |

θεω |  |
to God. |  |

| 20 | διοτι |  | εξ |  | εργων |  | νομου |  | ου |  | δικαιωθησεται |  | πασα |  | σαρξ |  | ενωπιον |
|  | Wherefore |  | by |  | works |  | of law |  | not 2 |  | shall be justified 1 |  | any (lit. all) |  | flesh |  | before |

αυτου |  | δια |  | γαρ |  | νομου |  | επιγνωσις |  | αμαρτιας |  |
him; |  | for through |  | ♦ |  | law |  | [is] knowledge |  | of sin. |  |

| 21 | νυνι |  | δε |  | χωρις |  | νομου |  | δικαιοσυνη |  | θεου |  | πεφανερωται |
|  | But now |  | ♦ |  | apart from |  | law |  | righteousness |  | of God |  | has been manifested, |

μαρτυρουμενη |  | υπο |  | του |  | νομου |  | και |  | των |  | προφητων |  |
bing borne witness to |  | by |  | the |  | law |  | and |  | the |  | prophets; |  |

| 22 | δικαιοσυνη |  | δε |  | θεου |  | δια |  | πιστεως |  | ιησου |  | χριστου |  | εις |  | παντας |  | και |
|  | righteousness 2 |  | even 1 |  | of God |  | through |  | faith |  | of Jesus |  | Christ, |  | towards |  | all |  | and |

επι |  | παντας |  | τους |  | πιστευοντας |  | ου |  | γαρ |  | εστιν |  | διαστολη |  |
upon |  | all |  | those that |  | believe: |  | for there is no |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | difference: |  |

| 23 | παντες |  | γαρ |  | ημαρτον |  | και |  | υστερουνται |  | της |  | δοξης |  | του |  | θεου |  |
|  | for all |  | ♦ |  | sinned |  | and |  | come short |  | of the |  | glory |  | ♦ |  | of God; |  |

| 24 | δικαιουμενοι |  | δωρεαν |  | τη |  | αυτου |  | χαριτι |  | δια |  | της |
|  | being justified |  | gratuitously |  | by his grace, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | through |  | the |

απολυτρωσεως |  | της |  | εν |  | χριστω |  | ιησου |  |
redemption |  | which |  | [is] in |  | Christ |  | Jesus; |  |

| 25 | ον |  | προεθετο |  | ο |  | θεος |  | ιλαστηριον |  | δια |  | της |  | πιστεως |  | εν |  | τω |  | αυτου |
|  | whom |  | set 2 forth 3 |  | ♦ |  | God 1 |  | a mercy seat |  | through |  | ♦ |  | faith |  | in |  | his blood, |  | ♦ |

αιματι |  | εις |  | ενδειξιν |  | της |  | δικαιοσυνης |  | αυτου |  | δια |  | την |
♦ |  | for |  | a shewing forth |  | of his righteousness, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | in respect of |  | the |

παρεσιν |  | των |  | προγεγονοτων |  | αμαρτηματων |  |
passing by |  | the |  | that 2 had 3 before 4 taken 5 place 6 |  | sins 1 |  |

| 26 | εν |  | τη |  | ανοχη |  | του |  | θεου |  | προς |  | ενδειξιν |  | της |
|  | in |  | the |  | forbearance |  | ♦ |  | of God; |  | for |  | [the] shewing forth |  | of his righteousness |

δικαιοσυνης |  | αυτου |  | εν |  | τω |  | νυν |  | καιρω |  | εις |  | το |  | ειναι |  | αυτον |  | δικαιον |  | και |
♦ |  | ♦ |  | in |  | the |  | present |  | time, |  | for |  | ♦ |  | his being |  | ♦ |  | just |  | and |

δικαιουντα |  | τον |  | εκ |  | πιστεως |  | ιησου |  |
justifying |  | him that |  | [is] of [the] |  | faith |  | of Jesus. |  |

| 27 | που |  | ουν |  | η |  | καυχησις |  | εξεκλεισθη |  | δια |  | ποιου |  | νομου |  | των |  | εργων |
|  | Where |  | then [is] |  | the |  | boasting? |  | It was excluded. |  | Through |  | what |  | law? |  | ♦ |  | of works? |

ουχι |  | αλλα |  | δια |  | νομου |  | πιστεως |  |
No, |  | but |  | through |  | a law |  | of faith. |  |

| 28 | λογιζομεθα |  | ουν |  | πιστει |  | δικαιουσθαι |  | ανθρωπον |  | χωρις |  | εργων |
|  | We 2 reckon 3 |  | therefore 1 |  | by 9 faith 10 |  | to 6 be 7 justified 8 |  | a 4 man 5 |  | apart from |  | works |

νομου |  |
of law. |  |

| 29 | η |  | ιουδαιων |  | ο |  | θεος |  | μονον |  | ουχι |  | δε |  | και |  | εθνων |  | ναι |  | και |  | εθνων |  |
|  | ♦ |  | Of Jews |  | [is he] the |  | God |  | only? |  | and not |  | ♦ |  | also |  | of Gentiles? |  | Yea, |  | also |  | of Gentiles: |  |

| 30 | επειπερ |  | εις |  | ο |  | θεος |  | ος |  | δικαιωσει |  | περιτομην |  | εκ |  | πιστεως |  | και |
|  | since indeed |  | one |  | ♦ |  | God [it is] |  | who |  | will justify |  | [the] circumcision |  | by |  | faith, |  | and |

ακροβυστιαν |  | δια |  | της |  | πιστεως |  |
uncircumcision |  | through |  | ♦ |  | faith. |  |

| 31 | νομον |  | ουν |  | καταργουμεν |  | δια |  | της |  | πιστεως |  | μη |  | γενοιτο |
|  | Law 5 |  | then 3 |  | do 1 we 2 make 4 of no effect |  | through |  | ♦ |  | faith? |  | May it not be! |  | ♦ |

αλλα |  | νομον |  | ιστωμεν |  |
but |  | law 3 |  | we 1 establish. 2 |  |