Romans, Chapter 3
Introduction
This entry meets the strict three-criteria standard of the Theosis Library:
- Manuscript scan: The actual folio of Codex Sinaiticus containing this passage, from the Codex Sinaiticus Project (codexsinaiticus.org). Library folio reference: 261.
- Original text: The Codex Sinaiticus Project's verbatim transcription of the folio shown, letter for letter as the scribe wrote it (no accents, lunate sigma ϲ, nomina sacra such as θϲ for θεός and κϲ for κύριος). Beneath it, for comparison, the reading of Tischendorf's 8th critical edition (1869). Where the two differ, the transcription is what the manuscript actually says.
- English translation: The King James Version (1611), retrieved verbatim from the public-domain bible-api.com endpoint.
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1τι ουν το περιϲϲον του ϊουδαιου η τιϲ ωφελια τηϲ περιτομηϲ 2πολυ κατα παντα τροπον πρωτον μεν γαρ οτι επιϲτευθηϲαν τα λογια του θυ 3τι γαρ ει ηπιϲτηϲαν τινεϲ μη η απιϲτια αυτω την πιϲτιν του θυ καταργηϲει 4μη γενοιτο γινεϲθω δε ο θϲ αληθηϲ παϲ δε ανθρωποϲ ψευϲτηϲ καθαπερ γεγραπτε οπωϲ αν δικαιωθηϲ εν τοιϲ λογοιϲ ϲου και νικηϲειϲ εν τω κρινεϲθαι ϲε 5ει δε η αδικια ημω θυ δικαιοϲυνην ϲυνιϲτηϲιν τι ερουμεν μη αδικοϲ ο θϲ ο ε πιφερων την οργην αυτου κατα ανθρωπον λεγω6μη γενοιτο επει πωϲ κρινι ο θϲ τον κοϲμον 7ει δε η αληθια του θυ εν τω εμω ψευϲματι επεριϲϲευϲεν ειϲ την δοξαν αυτου τι ετι καγω ωϲ αμαρτωλοϲ κρινομαι · 8και μη καθωϲ βλαϲφημουμεθα και καθωϲ φαϲιν τινεϲ ημαϲ λεγιν οτι ποιηϲωμεν τα κακα . ινα ελθη τα αγαθα ων το κριμα ενδικον εϲτιν
Compare: Tischendorf 8th edition (1869)
1Τί οὖν τὸ περισσὸν τοῦ Ἰουδαίου, ἢ τίς ἡ ὠφέλεια τῆς περιτομῆς; 2πολὺ κατὰ πάντα τρόπον. πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ ὅτι ἐπιστεύθησαν τὰ λόγια τοῦ θεοῦ. 3τί γὰρ εἰ ἠπίστησάν τινες; μὴ ἡ ἀπιστία αὐτῶν τὴν πίστιν τοῦ θεοῦ καταργήσει; 4μὴ γένοιτο· γινέσθω δὲ ὁ θεὸς ἀληθής, πᾶς δὲ ἄνθρωπος ψεύστης, καθάπερ γέγραπται, ὅπως ἂν δικαιωθῇς ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου καὶ νικήσεις ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαί σε. 5εἰ δὲ ἡ ἀδικία ἡμῶν θεοῦ δικαιοσύνην συνίστησιν, τί ἐροῦμεν; μὴ ἄδικος ὁ θεὸς ὁ ἐπιφέρων τὴν ὀργήν; κατὰ ἄνθρωπον λέγω. 6μὴ γένοιτο· ἐπεὶ πῶς κρινεῖ ὁ θεὸς τὸν κόσμον; 7εἰ δὲ ἡ ἀλήθεια τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ ψεύσματι ἐπερίσσευσεν εἰς τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, τί ἔτι κἀγὼ ὡς ἁμαρτωλὸς κρίνομαι; 8καὶ μὴ καθὼς βλασφημούμεθα καὶ καθώς φασίν τινες ἡμᾶς λέγειν ὅτι ποιήσωμεν τὰ κακὰ ἵνα ἔλθῃ τὰ ἀγαθά; ὧν τὸ κρίμα ἔνδικόν ἐστιν.
1What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? 2Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. 3For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? 4God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. 5But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man) 6God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world? 7For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner? 8And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
9τι ουν προεχομεθα ου παντωϲ προητιαϲαμεθα γαρ ϊουδαιουϲ τε και ελληναϲ πανταϲ ϋφ αμαρτιαν ειναι 10καθωϲ γεγραπται οτι ουκ εϲτιν δικ(αι)οϲ ουδε ειϲ 11ουκ εϲτιν ο ϲυνϊων ουκ εϲτιν ο εκζητω τον θν ˙ 12παντεϲ εξεκλιναν αμα ηχρεωθηϲαν · ουκ εϲτιν ο ποιω χρηϲτοτητα ουκ εϲτιν εωϲ αινοϲ 13ταφοϲ ανεωγμενοϲ ο λαρυγξ αυτω ταιϲ γλωϲϲαιϲ αυτων εδολιουϲαν ϊοϲ αϲπιδων υπο τα χιλη αυτων · 14ων το ϲτομα αραϲ και πικριαϲ γεμει 15οξειϲ οι ποδεϲ αυ των εκχεαι αιμα · 16ϲυντριμμα και ταλαιπωρια εν ταιϲ οδοιϲ αυτων
Compare: Tischendorf 8th edition (1869)
9Τί οὖν; προεχόμεθα; οὐ πάντως· προῃτιασάμεθα γὰρ Ἰουδαίους τε καὶ Ἕλληνας πάντας ὑφ’ ἁμαρτίαν εἶναι, 10καθὼς γέγραπται ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν δίκαιος οὐδὲ εἷς, 11οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ συνίων, οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ ἐκζητῶν τὸν θεόν. 12πάντες ἐξέκλιναν, ἅμα ἠχρεώθησαν· οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ ποιῶν χρηστότητα, οὐκ ἔστιν ἕως ἑνός. 13τάφος ἀνεῳγμένος ὁ λάρυγξ αὐτῶν, ταῖς γλώσσαις αὐτῶν ἐδολιοῦσαν, ἰὸς ἀσπίδων ὑπὸ τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν, 14ὧν τὸ στόμα ἀρᾶς καὶ πικρίας γέμει· 15ὀξεῖς οἱ πόδες αὐτῶν ἐκχέαι αἷμα, 16σύντριμμα καὶ ταλαιπωρία ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτῶν,
9What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; 10As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 11There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. 12They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 13Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: 14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: 15Their feet are swift to shed blood: 16Destruction and misery are in their ways:
17και οδον ιρηνηϲ ουκ εγνωϲαν 18ουκ εϲτι φοβοϲ θυ απεναν τι των οφθαλμω αυτων 19οιδαμεν δε οτι οϲα ο νομοϲ λαλει τοιϲ εν τω νομω λαλει ϊνα παν ϲτομα φραγη και ϋποδικοϲ γενηται παϲ ο κοϲμοϲ τω θω 20διοτι εξ εργων νομου ου δικαιωθηϲεται παϲα ϲαρξ ενωπιον αυτου δια γαρ νομου επιγνωϲιϲ αμαρτιαϲ 21νυνει δε χωριϲ νομου δικαιοϲυνη θυ πεφανερωται μαρτυρουμενη ϋπο του νομου και των προφητων 22δικαιοϲυνη δε θυ δια πιϲτεωϲ ιυ χυ ειϲ πανταϲ τουϲ πιϲτευονταϲ ου γαρ εϲτιν διαϲτολη 23παντεϲ γαρ ημαρτον και ϋϲτερουνται τηϲ δοξηϲ του θυ 24δικαιουμενοι δωρεαν τη αυτου χαριτι δια τηϲ απολυτρωϲεωϲ τηϲ εν χω ιυ
Compare: Tischendorf 8th edition (1869)
17καὶ ὁδὸν εἰρήνης οὐκ ἔγνωσαν. 18οὐκ ἔστιν φόβος θεοῦ ἀπέναντι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτῶν. 19οἴδαμεν δὲ ὅτι ὅσα ὁ νόμος λέγει τοῖς ἐν τῷ νόμῳ λαλεῖ, ἵνα πᾶν στόμα φραγῇ καὶ ὑπόδικος γένηται πᾶς ὁ κόσμος τῷ θεῷ· 20διότι ἐξ ἔργων νόμου οὐ δικαιωθήσεται πᾶσα σὰρξ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, διὰ γὰρ νόμου ἐπίγνωσις ἁμαρτίας. 21Νυνὶ δὲ χωρὶς νόμου δικαιοσύνη θεοῦ πεφανέρωται, μαρτυρουμένη ὑπὸ τοῦ νόμου καὶ τῶν προφητῶν, 22δικαιοσύνη δὲ θεοῦ διὰ πίστεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, εἰς πάντας τοὺς πιστεύοντας· οὐ γάρ ἐστιν διαστολή· 23πάντες γὰρ ἥμαρτον καὶ ὑστεροῦνται τῆς δόξης τοῦ θεοῦ, 24δικαιούμενοι δωρεὰν τῇ αὐτοῦ χάριτι διὰ τῆς ἀπολυτρώσεως τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ·
17And the way of peace have they not known: 18There is no fear of God before their eyes. 19Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 20Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. 21But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; 22Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: 23For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 24Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
25ον προεθετο ο θϲ ϊλαϲτηριον δια πιϲτεωϲ εν τω αυτου αιματι ειϲ ενδιξι τηϲ δικαιοϲυνηϲ αυτου δια την παρεϲιν των προγεγονοτων αμαρτηματων 26εν τη ανοχη του θυ προϲ την ενδιξιν τηϲ δικαιοϲυνηϲ αυτου εν τω νυν κ(αι)ρω ειϲ το ειναι αυτον δικαιον και δικαιουντα τον εκ πιϲτεωϲ ιυ 27που ουν η καυχηϲιϲ εξεκλιϲθη δια ποιου νομου τω εργων ουχι αλλα δια νομου πιϲτεωϲ 28λογιζομεθα γαρ δικαιουϲθαι πιϲτι ανθρωπον χωριϲ εργων νομου ˙ 29η ϊουδαιων ο θϲ μονον ˙ ουχι και εθνω · ναι και εθνων ˙ 30ειπερ ειϲ ο θϲ ˙ οϲ δικαιωϲει περιτομην εκ πιϲτεωϲ · και ακροβυϲτιαν δια τηϲ πιϲτεωϲ · 31νομον ουν καταργουμεν δια τηϲ πιϲτεωϲ μη γενοιτο ˙ αλλα νομον ϊϲτανομεν ·
Compare: Tischendorf 8th edition (1869)
25ὃν προέθετο ὁ θεὸς ἱλαστήριον διὰ πίστεως ἐν τῷ αὐτοῦ αἵματι εἰς ἔνδειξιν τῆς δικαιοσύνης αὐτοῦ διὰ τὴν πάρεσιν τῶν προγεγονότων ἁμαρτημάτων 26ἐν τῇ ἀνοχῇ τοῦ θεοῦ, πρὸς τὴν ἔνδειξιν τῆς δικαιοσύνης αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ νῦν καιρῷ, εἰς τὸ εἶναι αὐτὸν δίκαιον καὶ δικαιοῦντα τὸν ἐκ πίστεως Ἰησοῦ. 27Ποῦ οὖν ἡ καύχησις; ἐξεκλείσθη. διὰ ποίου νόμου; τῶν ἔργων; οὐχί, ἀλλὰ διὰ νόμου πίστεως. 28λογιζόμεθα γὰρ δικαιοῦσθαι πίστει ἄνθρωπον χωρὶς ἔργων νόμου. 29ἢ Ἰουδαίων ὁ θεὸς μόνον; οὐχὶ καὶ ἐθνῶν; ναὶ καὶ ἐθνῶν, 30εἴπερ εἷς ὁ θεός, ὃς δικαιώσει περιτομὴν ἐκ πίστεως καὶ ἀκροβυστίαν διὰ τῆς πίστεως. 31νόμον οὖν καταργοῦμεν διὰ τῆς πίστεως; μὴ γένοιτο, ἀλλὰ νόμον ἱστάνομεν.
25Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; 26To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. 27Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. 28Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. 29Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: 30Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. 31Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
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- Source text: Codex Sinaiticus folio + transcription (codexsinaiticus.org) + Tischendorf 8th edition (bolls.life) + KJV (bible-api.com) — view original
- Critical edition: Tischendorf 8th edition (1869) / Codex Sinaiticus transcription
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