Romans 3:31
29 Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
30 since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.
Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.
- KJV
- Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
- WEB
- Do we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be! No, we establish the law.
- ASV
- Do we then make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid: nay, we establish the law.
- DARBY
- Do we then make void law by faith? Far be the thought: [no,] but we establish law.
- BLB
- Do we, then, nullify the law through faith? Never may it be! Rather, we uphold the law.
- ÅB
- Opphever vi da loven ved troen? Langt ifra! Vi stadfester loven.
- OTB
- Opphever vi da loven ved denne tro? Slett ikke! Tvert imot, vi opprettholder loven.
- B1930
- Ophever vi da loven ved troen? Langt derifra! vi stadfester loven.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Galatians 2:21
I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.
Read in contextMatthew 5:17
Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.
Read in contextRomans 13:8–10
Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Read in contextRomans 10:4
For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.
Read in contextRomans 8:4
so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Read in context1 Corinthians 9:21
To those without the law I became like one without the law (though I am not outside the law of God but am under the law of Christ), to win those without the law.
Read in contextRomans 7:7–14
What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”
Read in contextJeremiah 8:8–9
How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?
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