Romans 3:19, 'under' the Law?
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 8:01 am
Q~ If all the world is guilty before God, then is everyone under the law?~Q
That is what Romans 3 says. It is the unavoidable conclusion of the whole chapter.
Verse 8b, Paul condemns “some who blaspheme and say … Let us do evil (transgress the Law) that good may come of it.”
[kathohs blasphehmoumetha kai kathohs phasin tines … hoti poiehsohmen ta kaka hina elthehi ta agatha]
Paul says of them, “16destruction and misery are in their ways.” [suntrimma kai talaipohria en tais hodois autohn]
Paul asks,
“9What then, Do we (who obey the Law), do any better (than they)?”
“Not at all”, says Paul, “For we a priori proved BOTH Jews (Law-keepers) and Gentiles (the Law-less) to be ALL under sin.”
[Ti oun? proechometha? Ou pantohs! Proehitiasametha gar Ioudaious TE KAI Hellehnas PANTAS huph’ hamartian einai]
“10AS IT IS WRITTEN (in the Law), There is NONE (neither Law-less or Law-abider), righteous—no, NOT ONE!
[KATHOHS GEGRAPTAI oti Ouk estin dikaios OUDE HEIS!]
“There is NONE who understands.”
[Ouk estin ho suniohn]
“11There is NONE that seeketh after God.”
[Ouk estin ho ekdzehtohn ton Theon.]
“12ALL turned away, TOGETHER they became unprofitable.”
[PANTES eklekinan HAMA ehchreohthehsan]
“There is NONE that does good / kindness (Jew or Gentile)—there is not so much as ONE.”
[Ouk estin HO poiohn chrehstotehta—ouk estin heohs HENOS!]
Because EVERYONE’S “13throat is an open grave; because ALL with their tongues speak deceitfully; because the poison of asps is under EVERYONE’S lips; 14because of ALL the mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; and 15swift the feet of EVERYONE are to shed blood.”
“17The Way of Peace (Jesus Christ) they ALL have not known.”
[Kai Hodon Eirehnehs OUK egnehsan]
“18There is no fear of God before the eyes of ANY!”
[Ouk estin phobos Theou apenanti tohn ophthalmohn autohn]
“9For we a priori proved BOTH Jews (Law-keepers) and Gentiles (the Law-less) to be ALL under sin 10AS IT IS WRITTEN (in the Law), There is NONE (neither Law-less nor Law-abider), righteous—no, NOT ONE!”
“19Now we know that what things SOEVER the Law saith, it says to THEM IN THE LAW so that EVERY mouth may be stopped and ALL THE WORLD GUILTY / UNDER JUDGMENT BEFORE GOD may become.”
[Oidamen de hoti HOSA HO NOMOS legei tois en tohi vomohi lalei hina PAHN stoma phragehi kai UPODIKOS genehtai PAHS HO KOSMOS TOHI THEOHI].
There you have it! “All” are : “under SIN”; “all are “under JUDGMENT BEFORE GOD”. “None”, in fact, are “IN THE LAW … before God”!
Now switch around and make everything what Paul wrote the direct OPPOSITE of it, and just corrupt HIS words “IN the Law”, into “UNDER the Law”.
That is what Romans 3 says. It is the unavoidable conclusion of the whole chapter.
Verse 8b, Paul condemns “some who blaspheme and say … Let us do evil (transgress the Law) that good may come of it.”
[kathohs blasphehmoumetha kai kathohs phasin tines … hoti poiehsohmen ta kaka hina elthehi ta agatha]
Paul says of them, “16destruction and misery are in their ways.” [suntrimma kai talaipohria en tais hodois autohn]
Paul asks,
“9What then, Do we (who obey the Law), do any better (than they)?”
“Not at all”, says Paul, “For we a priori proved BOTH Jews (Law-keepers) and Gentiles (the Law-less) to be ALL under sin.”
[Ti oun? proechometha? Ou pantohs! Proehitiasametha gar Ioudaious TE KAI Hellehnas PANTAS huph’ hamartian einai]
“10AS IT IS WRITTEN (in the Law), There is NONE (neither Law-less or Law-abider), righteous—no, NOT ONE!
[KATHOHS GEGRAPTAI oti Ouk estin dikaios OUDE HEIS!]
“There is NONE who understands.”
[Ouk estin ho suniohn]
“11There is NONE that seeketh after God.”
[Ouk estin ho ekdzehtohn ton Theon.]
“12ALL turned away, TOGETHER they became unprofitable.”
[PANTES eklekinan HAMA ehchreohthehsan]
“There is NONE that does good / kindness (Jew or Gentile)—there is not so much as ONE.”
[Ouk estin HO poiohn chrehstotehta—ouk estin heohs HENOS!]
Because EVERYONE’S “13throat is an open grave; because ALL with their tongues speak deceitfully; because the poison of asps is under EVERYONE’S lips; 14because of ALL the mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; and 15swift the feet of EVERYONE are to shed blood.”
“17The Way of Peace (Jesus Christ) they ALL have not known.”
[Kai Hodon Eirehnehs OUK egnehsan]
“18There is no fear of God before the eyes of ANY!”
[Ouk estin phobos Theou apenanti tohn ophthalmohn autohn]
“9For we a priori proved BOTH Jews (Law-keepers) and Gentiles (the Law-less) to be ALL under sin 10AS IT IS WRITTEN (in the Law), There is NONE (neither Law-less nor Law-abider), righteous—no, NOT ONE!”
“19Now we know that what things SOEVER the Law saith, it says to THEM IN THE LAW so that EVERY mouth may be stopped and ALL THE WORLD GUILTY / UNDER JUDGMENT BEFORE GOD may become.”
[Oidamen de hoti HOSA HO NOMOS legei tois en tohi vomohi lalei hina PAHN stoma phragehi kai UPODIKOS genehtai PAHS HO KOSMOS TOHI THEOHI].
There you have it! “All” are : “under SIN”; “all are “under JUDGMENT BEFORE GOD”. “None”, in fact, are “IN THE LAW … before God”!
Now switch around and make everything what Paul wrote the direct OPPOSITE of it, and just corrupt HIS words “IN the Law”, into “UNDER the Law”.