Romans 3:31
29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
30 Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- 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 frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
Read in contextMatthew 5:17
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Read in contextRomans 13:8–10
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Read in contextRomans 10:4
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
Read in contextRomans 8:4
That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Read in context1 Corinthians 9:21
To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
Read in contextRomans 7:7–14
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
Read in contextJeremiah 8:8–9
How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
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