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Righteousness through Faith in Christ

Romans 3:31

In 9 translations

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.
LSV
Do we then make law useless through faith? Let it not be! Indeed, we establish law.
YLT
Law then do we make useless through the faith? let it not be! yea, we do establish law.
DBY
Do we then make void law by faith? Far be the thought: [no,] but we establish law.
DRC
Do we, then, destroy the law through faith? God forbid: but we establish the law.
GNV
Doe we then make the Lawe of none effect through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the Lawe.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Spelling of ἱστάνομεν.¶: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text: ἱστῶμεν.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: ἱστάνομεν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἱστάνομεν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἱστῶμεν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
νόμον οὖν καταργοῦμεν διὰ τῆς πίστεως; μὴ γένοιτο, ἀλλὰ νόμον ἱστάνομεν.
RP2018
Νόμον οὖν καταργοῦμεν διὰ τῆς πίστεως; Μὴ γένοιτο· ἀλλὰ νόμον ἱστῶμεν.
TR-Boyd
Νόμον οὖν καταργοῦμεν διὰ τῆς πίστεως; Μὴ γένοιτο· ἀλλὰ νόμον ἱστῶμεν.
SCR1894
νομον ουν καταργουμεν δια της πιστεως μη γενοιτο αλλα νομον ιστωμεν

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  • Galatians 2:21I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.
  • Matthew 5:17Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.
  • Romans 10:4For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.
  • Romans 13:8–10Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other…
  • 1 Corinthians 9:21To 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.
  • Romans 8:4so 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.
  • Romans 7:7–14What 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.” But sin,…
  • Galatians 3:17–19What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise. For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a…
  • Jeremiah 8:8–9How 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? The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have…
  • Romans 4:14For if those who live by the law are heirs, faith is useless and the promise is worthless,
  • James 2:8–12If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. Whoever keeps the whole…
  • Matthew 5:20For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
  • Romans 7:22For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
  • Jeremiah 31:33–34“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.…
  • Romans 7:25Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
  • Romans 3:4Certainly 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.”

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