The Jews prerogative; |
which they have not lost; |
| ὅπως ἂν δικαιωθῇς ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου |
| καὶ νικήσεις ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαι σε. |
howbeit the law convinces them also of sin; |
| οὐκ ἔστιν δίκαιος οὐδὲ εἷς, |
| 11 οὐκ ἔστιν συνίων, |
| οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκζητῶν τὸν θεόν. |
| 12 πάντες ἐξέκλιναν ἅμα ἠχρεώθησαν· |
| οὐκ ἔστιν ποιῶν χρηστότητα, |
| οὐκ ἔστιν ἕως ἑνός. |
| 13 τάφος ἀνεῳγμένος ὁ λάρυγξ αὐτῶν, |
| ταῖς γλώσσαις αὐτῶν ἐδολιοῦσαν, |
| ἰὸς ἀσπίδων ὑπὸ τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν· |
| 14 ὧν τὸ στόμα ἀρᾶς καὶ πικρίας γέμει, |
| 15 ὀξεῖς οἱ πόδες αὐτῶν ἐκχέαι αἷμα, |
| 16 σύντριμμα καὶ ταλαιπωρία ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτῶν, |
| 17 καὶ ὁδὸν εἰρήνης οὐκ ἔγνωσαν. |
| 18 οὐκ ἔστιν φόβος θεοῦ ἀπέναντι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτῶν. |
| 19 οἴδαμεν δὲ ὅτι ὅσα ὁ νόμος λέγει τοῖς ἐν τῷ νόμῳ λαλεῖ, ἵνα πᾶν στόμα φραγῇ καὶ ὑπόδικος γένηται πᾶς ὁ κόσμος τῷ θεῷ· |
therefore no one is justified by the law; |
| 27 Ποῦ οὖν ἡ καύχησις; ἐξεκλείσθη διὰ ποίου νόμου τῶν ἔργων οὐχί, ἀλλὰ διὰ νόμου πίστεως. |
but all, without difference, by faith, only; |
and yet the law is not abolished. |