Romans 3 Tree of Life Version (TLV)
No One Is Acceptable
3 Then what is the advantage of being Jewish? Or what is the benefit of circumcision? 2 Much in every way. First of all, they were entrusted with the sayings of God. 3 So what if some did not trust? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness? 4 May it never be! Let God be true even if every man is a liar, as it is written,
3 Then what is the advantage of being Jewish? Or what is the benefit of circumcision? 2 Much in every way. First of all, they were entrusted with the sayings of God. 3 So what if some did not trust? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness? 4 May it never be! Let God be true even if every man is a liar, as it is written,
“that You may be righteous in Your
words
and prevail when You are judged.”[a]
5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? God is not unrighteous to inflict wrath, is He? (I am speaking in human terms.) 6 May it never be! For otherwise, how will God judge the world? 7 But if by my lie the truth of God abounds to His glory, why am I still judged as a sinner? 8 And why not say, “Let us do evil, so that good may come”—just as we are being slandered and as some claim that we say. Their condemnation is deserved!
and prevail when You are judged.”[a]
5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? God is not unrighteous to inflict wrath, is He? (I am speaking in human terms.) 6 May it never be! For otherwise, how will God judge the world? 7 But if by my lie the truth of God abounds to His glory, why am I still judged as a sinner? 8 And why not say, “Let us do evil, so that good may come”—just as we are being slandered and as some claim that we say. Their condemnation is deserved!
9 What then? Are we better than
they? No, not at all.[b] For we have already made the case that all—both Jewish
and Greek people—are under sin. 10 As it is written,
“There is no one righteous—no, not
one.
11 There is no one who understands,
no one who seeks after God.
12 All have turned aside;
together they have become worthless.
There is no one who does good—no, not even one!
13 Their throat is an open grave;
with their tongues they keep deceiving.
The poison of vipers is under their lips.
14 Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.
15 Their feet are swift to shed blood.
16 Ruin and misery are in their paths,
17 and the way of shalom they have not known.
18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.”[c]
19 Now we know that whatever the Torah says, it says to those within the Torah, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become accountable to God. 20 For no human, on the basis of Torah observance, will be set right in His sight[d]—for through the Torah comes awareness of sin.
11 There is no one who understands,
no one who seeks after God.
12 All have turned aside;
together they have become worthless.
There is no one who does good—no, not even one!
13 Their throat is an open grave;
with their tongues they keep deceiving.
The poison of vipers is under their lips.
14 Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.
15 Their feet are swift to shed blood.
16 Ruin and misery are in their paths,
17 and the way of shalom they have not known.
18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.”[c]
19 Now we know that whatever the Torah says, it says to those within the Torah, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become accountable to God. 20 For no human, on the basis of Torah observance, will be set right in His sight[d]—for through the Torah comes awareness of sin.
How God Accepts Us
21 But now God’s righteousness apart from the Torah has been revealed, to which the Torah and the Prophets bear witness— 22 namely, the righteousness of God through putting trust in Messiah Yeshua,[e] to all who keep on trusting. For there is no distinction, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. 24 They are set right as a gift of His grace, through the redemption that is in Messiah Yeshua. [f] 25 God set forth Yeshua as an atonement,[g] through faith in His blood, to show His righteousness in passing over sins already committed. 26 Through God’s forbearance, He demonstrates His righteousness at the present time—that He Himself is just and also the justifier of the one who puts his trust in Yeshua.[h]
21 But now God’s righteousness apart from the Torah has been revealed, to which the Torah and the Prophets bear witness— 22 namely, the righteousness of God through putting trust in Messiah Yeshua,[e] to all who keep on trusting. For there is no distinction, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. 24 They are set right as a gift of His grace, through the redemption that is in Messiah Yeshua. [f] 25 God set forth Yeshua as an atonement,[g] through faith in His blood, to show His righteousness in passing over sins already committed. 26 Through God’s forbearance, He demonstrates His righteousness at the present time—that He Himself is just and also the justifier of the one who puts his trust in Yeshua.[h]
27 Where, then, is boasting? It is
excluded. By what principle? Of works? No, but by the principle of faith. [i]
28 For we consider a person to be set right apart from Torah observance. 29 Is
God the God of the Jewish people only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles?
Yes, of the Gentiles also. 30 Since God is One, He will set right the
circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith. 31 Do we then nullify
the Torah through faithfulness? May it never be! On the contrary, we uphold the
Torah.
Footnotes:
- Romans 3:4 Ps.
51:4b(50:6b LXX).
- Romans 3:9 Or possibly, What then do we
hold before ourselves as a defense?
- Romans 3:18 Ecc.
7:20; Ps.
13:2-3; Ps.
5:10; Ps.
139:4; Ps.
9:28; Isa.
59:7-8; Ps.
35:2.
- Romans 3:20 cf. Ps.
143:2.
- Romans 3:22 Or the faithfulness of
Messiah Yeshua; cf. Ps.
143:1-2.
- Romans 3:25 cf. Isa.
53:10-12.
- Romans 3:25 Lit. a mercy seat, the place
of atonement (Heb. kaporet); cf. Rom.
5:10; 2
Cor. 5:19, 21.
- Romans 3:26 Or the one who lives on the
basis of Yeshua’s faithfulness.
- Romans 3:28 cf. Eph.
2:8-9.
John 3 Tree of Life Version (TLV)
A Pharisee Comes Seeking Truth
3 Now there was a man, a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jewish people. 2 He came to Yeshua at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You, a teacher, have come from God. For no one can perform these signs which You do unless God is with Him!”
3 Now there was a man, a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jewish people. 2 He came to Yeshua at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You, a teacher, have come from God. For no one can perform these signs which You do unless God is with Him!”
3 Yeshua answered him, “Amen, amen
I tell you, unless one is born from above,[a] he cannot see the kingdom of
God.”
4 “How can a man be born when he is
old?” Nicodemus said to Him. “He cannot enter his mother’s womb a second time
and be born, can he?”
5 Yeshua answered, “Amen, amen I
tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit,[b] he cannot enter the
kingdom of God. 6 What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the
Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not be surprised that I said to you, ‘You all must be
born from above.’ 8 The wind blows where it wishes and you hear its sound, but
you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone
born of the Spirit.”
The Father’s Love Revealed
9 “How can these things happen?” Nicodemus said.
9 “How can these things happen?” Nicodemus said.
10 Yeshua answered him, “You’re a
teacher of Israel and you do not understand these things? 11 Amen, amen I tell
you, We speak about what We know and testify about what We have seen. Yet you
all do not receive Our testimony! 12 If you do not believe the earthly things I
told you, how will you believe when I tell you about heavenly things? 13 No one
has gone up into heaven except the One who came down from heaven—the Son of
Man. 14 Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert,[c] so the Son of Man
must be lifted up, 15 so that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life!
16 “For God so loved the world that
He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but
have eternal life. 17 God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the
world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him. 18 The one who
believes in Him is not condemned; but whoever does not believe has been
condemned already, because he has not put his trust in the name of the one and
only Ben-Elohim.
19 “Now this is the judgment, that
the light has come into the world and men loved the darkness instead of the
light,[d] because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone who does evil hates
the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be
exposed. 21 But whoever practices the truth comes to the light, so that it may
be made known that his deeds have been accomplished in God.”
The Living Word, Source of Life
22 Afterwards, Yeshua and His disciples came to the land of Judea. There He was staying with them and immersing. 23 Now John also was immersing at Aenon near Salim, because much water was there and many were coming and being immersed; 24 for John had not yet been thrown into prison.
22 Afterwards, Yeshua and His disciples came to the land of Judea. There He was staying with them and immersing. 23 Now John also was immersing at Aenon near Salim, because much water was there and many were coming and being immersed; 24 for John had not yet been thrown into prison.
25 Now an argument came up between
John’s disciples and a Judean concerning purification. 26 They came to John and
said, “Rabbi, the One who was with you beyond the Jordan, the One you testified
about—look, He is immersing, and all are coming to Him!”
27 John answered, “A man can
receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven. 28 You yourselves
testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah,’ but rather, ‘I am sent before
Him.’ 29 The one who has the bride is the bridegroom, but the best man rejoices
when he stands and hears the bridegroom’s voice. So now my joy is complete! 30
He must increase, while I must decrease.”
31 The One who comes from above is
above all. The one who is from the earth is of the earth, and of the earth he
speaks. The One who comes from heaven is above all. 32 And what He has seen and
heard, He testifies to that; yet no one receives His testimony. 33 Whoever
receives His testimony has certified that God is true.
34 The One whom God has sent speaks
the words of God, for God gives the Ruach without limit. 35 The Father loves
the Son and has given everything into His hand. 36 He who trusts in the Son has
eternal life. He who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of
God remains on him.
Footnotes:
- John 3:3 Or born again.
- John 3:5 cf. Ezek.
36:24-27.
- John 3:14 cf. Num.
21:8.
- John 3:19 cf. Is.
5:20.
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