Romans 3:30

Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Seeing	ἐπείπερ epeíper	G1897	since indeed (of cause)
one	εἷς heis	G1520	one · adjective — nominative singular masculine
God	θεὸς theos	G2316	figuratively · noun — nominative singular masculine, a title
which	ὃς hos	G3739	the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun · relative pronoun — nominative singular masculine
justify	δικαιώσει dikaiōsei	G1344	to render (i.e. show or regard as) just or innocent · verb — future active indicative, 3rd person singular
circumcision	περιτομὴν peritomēn	G4061	circumcision (the rite · noun — accusative singular feminine
by	ἐκ ek	G1537	literal or figurative · preposition
faith	πίστεως pisteōs	G4102	persuasion · noun — genitive singular feminine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
uncircumcision	ἀκροβυστίαν akrobustian	G203	the prepuce · noun — accusative singular feminine
through	διὰ dia	G1223	through (in very wide applications · preposition
faith	πίστεως. pisteōs	G4102	persuasion · noun — genitive singular feminine

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Galatians 3:8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee sha…
Galatians 3:20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
Philippians 3:3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
Colossians 2:10-11 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
Romans 4:11-12 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be th…
Galatians 2:14-16 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew,…
Galatians 5:6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
Galatians 6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Romans 3:19–end

From all this Paul infers that it is in vain to look for justification by the works of the law, and that it is to be had only by faith, which is the point he has been all along proving, from Rom 1:17, and which he lays down (Rom 3:28) as the summary of his discourse, with a quod erat demonstrandum - which was to be demonstrated. We conclude that a man is justified by faith, without the deeds of the law; not by the deeds of the first law of pure innocence, which left no room for repentance, nor the deeds of the law of nature, how highly soever improved, nor the deeds of the ceremonial law (the blood of bulls and goats could not take away sin), nor the deeds of the moral law, which are certain…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Romans 3:30

it is one God who shall justify--"has unchangeably fixed that He shall justify." the circumcision by--"of" faith, and the uncircumcision through faith--probably this is but a varied statement of the same truth for greater emphasis (see Rom 3:22); though BENGEL thinks that the justification of the Jews, as the born heirs of the promise, may be here purposely said to be "of faith," while that of the Gentiles, previously "strangers to the covenants of promise," may be said to be "through faith," as thus admitted into a new family. Objection:

Adam Clarke on Romans 3:30

Seeing it is one God - επιπερ εις ο θεος. This has been rendered, Seeing God is one. It however makes little difference in the sense: the apostle's meaning most evidently is, it is one and the same God who made both Jews and Gentiles, who shall justify - pardon, the circumcision - the believing Jews, by faith; and the uncircumcision - the believing Gentiles, by the same faith; as there is but one Savior and one atonement provided for the whole. It is fanciful to suppose that the apostle has one meaning when he says, εκ πιστεως, By faith, and a different meaning when he says, δια της πιστεως, Through faith. Both the prepositions are to be understood in precisely the same sense; only the addit…

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The Church Fathers

Jews and Gentiles have both believed in the same God and in the same Christ.
— Pelagius, PELAGIUS'S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS

Paul shows clearly that righteousness depends not on the merit of man but on the grace of God, who accepts the faith of those who believe without the works of the law.
— Jerome,

For all things had entered upon a new phase, the Word arranging after a new manner the advent in the flesh, that He might win back to God that human nature (hominem) which had departed from God; and therefore men were taught to worship God after a new fashion, but not another god, because in truth there is but "one God, who justifieth the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through faith."
— Irenaeus, Against Heresies Book III

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Boasting · SPIRITUAL — SPIRITUAL
Catholicity · INCUL — INCUL
Circumcision · Abrogated — Abrogated
Faith · Through it is: Justification — Through it is: Justification
Justification · 23:6; — 23:6;
Justification Before God · Under the gospel: Is by faith alone — Under the gospel: Is by faith alone

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Romans 3:30

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Romans 3:19–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Romans 3:30

Adam Clarke on Romans 3:30

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Romans 3:30

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Romans 3:19–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Romans 3:30

Adam Clarke on Romans 3:30

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Romans 3:30

John Calvin on Romans 3:29-30

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Romans 3:29-30