10¹ Brethren, the pleasure indeed of my heart, and my supplication that 'is' to God for Israel, is—for salvation; ² for I bear them testimony that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge, ³ for not knowing the righteousness of God, and their own righteousness seeking to establish, to the righteousness of God they did not submit. ⁴ For Christ is an end of law for righteousness to every one who is believing, ⁵ for Moses doth describe the righteousness that 'is' of the law, that, 'The man who did them shall live in them,' ⁶ and the righteousness of faith doth thus speak: 'Thou mayest not say in thine heart, Who shall go up to the heaven,' that is, Christ to bring down? ⁷ or, 'Who shall go down to the abyss,' that is, Christ out of the dead to bring up. ⁸ But what doth it say? 'Nigh thee is the saying—in thy mouth, and in thy heart:' that is, the saying of the faith, that we preach; ⁹ that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved, ¹⁰ for with the heart doth 'one' believe to righteousness, and with the mouth is confession made to salvation; ¹¹ for the Writing saith, 'Every one who is believing on him shall not be ashamed,'

¹² for there is no difference between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord of all 'is' rich to all those calling upon Him, ¹³ for every one—whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, he shall be saved.' ¹⁴ How then shall they call upon 'him' in whom they did not believe? and how shall they believe 'on him' of whom they did not hear? and how shall they hear apart from one preaching? ¹⁵ and how shall they preach, if they may not be sent? according as it hath been written, 'How beautiful the feet of those proclaiming good tidings of peace, of those proclaiming good tidings of the good things!' ¹⁶ But they were not all obedient to the good tidings, for Isaiah saith, 'Lord, who did give credence to our report?' ¹⁷ so then the faith 'is' by a report, and the report through a saying of God, ¹⁸ but I say, Did they not hear? yes, indeed—'to all the earth their voice went forth, and to the ends of the habitable world their sayings.' ¹⁹ But I say, Did not Israel know? first Moses saith, 'I will provoke you to jealousy by 'that which is' not a nation; by an unintelligent nation I will anger you,' ²⁰ and Isaiah is very bold, and saith, 'I was found by those not seeking Me; I became manifest to those not inquiring after Me;' ²¹ and unto Israel He saith, 'All the day I did stretch out My hands unto a people unbelieving and gainsaying.'

3¹ What, then, 'is' the superiority of the Jew? or what the profit of the circumcision? ² much in every way; for first, indeed, that they were intrusted with the oracles of God; ³ for what, if certain were faithless? shall their faithlessness the faithfulness of god make useless? ⁴ let it not be! and let God become true, and every man false, according as it hath been written, 'That Thou mayest be declared righteous in Thy words, and mayest overcome in Thy being judged.' ⁵ And, if our unrighteousness God's righteousness doth establish, what shall we say? is God unrighteous who is inflicting the wrath? (after the manner of a man I speak) ⁶ let it not be! since how shall God judge the world? ⁷ for if the truth of God in my falsehood did more abound to His glory, why yet am I also as a sinner judged? ⁸ and not, as we are evil spoken of, and as certain affirm us to say—'We may do the evil things, that the good ones may come?' whose judgment is righteous.

There Is None Righteous

⁹ What, then? are we better? not at all! for we did before charge both Jews and Greeks with being all under sin, ¹⁰ according as it hath been written—'There is none righteous, not even one; ¹¹ There is none who is understanding, there is none who is seeking after God. ¹² All did go out of the way, together they became unprofitable, there is none doing good, there is not even one. ¹³ A sepulchre opened 'is' their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of asps 'is' under their lips. ¹⁴ Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. ¹⁵ Swift 'are' their feet to shed blood. ¹⁶ Ruin and misery 'are' in their ways. ¹⁷ And a way of peace they did not know. ¹⁸ There is no fear of God before their eyes.'

¹⁹ And we have known that as many things as the law saith, to those in the law it doth speak, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may come under judgment to God; ²⁰ wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin.

Righteousness through Faith

²¹ And now apart from law hath the righteousness of God been manifested, testified to by the law and the prophets, ²² and the righteousness of God 'is' through the faith of Jesus Christ to all, and upon all those believing,—for there is no difference, ²³ for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God— ²⁴ being declared righteous freely by His grace through the redemption that 'is' in Christ Jesus, ²⁵ whom God did set forth a mercy seat, through the faith in his blood, for the shewing forth of His righteousness, because of the passing over of the bygone sins in the forbearance of God— ²⁶ for the shewing forth of His righteousness in the present time, for His being righteous, and declaring him righteous who 'is' of the faith of Jesus. ²⁷ Where then 'is' the boasting? it was excluded; by what law? of works? no, but by a law of faith: ²⁸ therefore do we reckon a man to be declared righteous by faith, apart from works of law. ²⁹ The God of Jews only 'is He', and not also of nations? ³⁰ yes, also of nations; since one 'is' God who shall declare righteous the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through the faith. ³¹ Law then do we make useless through the faith? let it not be! yea, we do establish law.