Romans 3
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Fragment c to h containing parts of the Epistle to the Romans in Papyrus 40, written about AD 250.
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| Book | Epistle to the Romans |
| Bible part | New Testament |
| Order in the Bible part | 6 |
| Category | Pauline epistles |
Romans 3 is the third chapter of the Epistle to the Romans in the New Testament. It is authored by Paul the Apostle, but written by an amanuensis, Tertius, while Paul was in Corinth, in winter of AD 57-58. Paul wrote to the Roman Christians in order to give them a substantial resume of his theology.
In this chapter, Paul asks a series of rhetorical questions in order to develop his theological message, and quotes extensively from the Hebrew Bible. Theologian Albert Barnes suggests that "the design of the first part of this chapter is to answer some of the objections which might be offered by a Jew to the statements in the last chapter".
The New King James Version organises this chapter as follows:
The New International Version refers to Romans 3:1-8 as God's Faithfulness.
Theologian Heinrich Meyer argues that chapter 4 should have begun with Romans 3:31 "since that verse contains the theme of the following discussion".
The chief advantage, or benefit, or responsibility, or superiority of the Jewish people is their possession of the Hebrew Bible (Greek: τα λογια του θεου, ta logia tou theou, "the very words of God"). Traditional translations (the Geneva Bible, King James Version and American Standard Version) refer to the "oracles of God". The Jewish "advantage" (Greek: το περισσον, to perissov) is really an act of entrustment:
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