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1這樣說來，猶太人有甚麼長處？割禮有甚麼益處呢？What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?
2凡事大有好處：第一是 神的交託他們。Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.
3即便有不信的，這有何妨呢？難道他們的不信就廢掉 神的信嗎？What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?
4！不如說， 神是真實的，人都是虛謊的。如經上所記：你責備人的時候，顯為公義；被人議論的時候，可以得勝。Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
5我且照著人的常話說，我們的不義若顯出 神的義來，我們可以怎麼說呢？神降怒，是他不義嗎？But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.
6斷乎不是！若是這樣， 神怎能審判世界呢？Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?
7若 神的真實，因我的虛謊越發顯出他的榮耀，為甚麼我還受審判，好像罪人呢？However, if my falsehood accentuates God’s truthfulness, to the increase of His glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?
8為甚麼不說，我們可以作惡以成善呢？這是毀謗我們的人說我們有這話。這等人定罪是的。Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
9這卻怎麼樣呢？我們比他們強嗎？決不是的！因我們已經：猶太人和希臘人都在罪惡之下。What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.
10就如：沒有義人，連一個也沒有。As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.
11沒有明白的；沒有尋求 神的；There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.
12都是偏離正路，一同變為。沒有行善的，連一個也沒有。All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”
13他們的喉嚨是；他們用舌頭弄詭詐，嘴唇裡有的毒氣，“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
14滿口是咒罵。“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
15殺人流血，他們的腳飛跑，“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16所經過的路便行的事。ruin and misery lie in their wake,
17平安的路，他們未曾知道；and the way of peace they have not known.”
18他們眼中不怕 神。“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
19我們曉得上的話都是對律法以下之人說的，好，叫普世的人都伏在 神審判之下。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 held accountable to God.
20所以，沒有一個因行律法能在 神面前，因為律法本是叫人知罪。Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
21， 神的義在律法以外已經顯明出來，有律法和先知為證：But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets.
22就是 神的義，因信耶穌基督加給一切相信的人，並沒有分別。And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,
23因為世人都犯了罪，了 神的榮耀；for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
24如今卻蒙 神的恩典，因基督耶穌的，就稱義。and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
25神設立耶穌作，是憑著耶穌的血，藉著人的信，要顯明 神的義；因為他用忍耐的心人先時所犯的罪，God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
26好在今時顯明他的義，使人知道他自己為義，也稱信耶穌的人為義。He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.
27既是這樣，哪裡能誇口呢？沒有可誇的了。用何法沒有的呢？是用立功之法嗎？不是，乃用。Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.
28所以（有古卷：因為）我們看定了：人稱義是因著信，不在乎遵行律法。For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
29難道 神只作猶太人的 神嗎？不也是作外邦人的 神嗎？是的，也作外邦人的 神。Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
30神既是一位，他就要因信稱那受割禮的為義，也要因信稱那未受割禮的為義。since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.
31這樣，我們因信廢了律法嗎？斷乎不是！更是堅固律法。Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.