Romans 3:30

King James Version

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

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
There's only one God and only one way to be made right with him—faith in Jesus. And it doesn't matter if they are Jews, Gentiles, cowpunchers, or day trash.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
since indeed God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith is one.

Legacy Standard Bible
since indeed God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that faith, is one.

Bible in Basic English
If God is one; and he will give righteousness because of faith to those who have circumcision, and through faith to those who have not circumcision.

Darby Translation
since indeed [it is] one God who shall justify [the] circumcision on the principle of faith, and uncircumcision by faith.

New King James Version
since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

Christian Standard Bible®
since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

World English Bible
since indeed there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith, and the uncircumcised through faith.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
and the uncircumcision through the same faith.

Weymouth's New Testament
unless you can deny that it is one and the same God who will pronounce the circumcised to be acquitted on the ground of faith, and the uncircumcised to be acquitted through the same faith.

King James Version (1611)
Seeing it is one God which shal iustifie the circumcision by faith, and vncircumcision through faith.

Literal Translation
since it is one God who will justify circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
for so moch as he is the God onely that iustifieth the circumcision which is of faith, and the vncircucision thorow faith.

Mace New Testament (1729)
since it is one God, who will justify both the Jews and the Gentiles, through faith.

Amplified Bible
since indeed it is one [and the same] God who will justify the circumcised by faith [which began with Abraham] and the uncircumcised through [their newly acquired] faith.

American Standard Version
if so be that God is one, and he shall justify the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through faith.

Revised Standard Version
since God is one; and he will justify the circumcised on the ground of their faith and the uncircumcised through their faith.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For it is God only which iustifieth circumcision which is of fayth and vncircumcision thorow fayth.

Update Bible Version
since there is [only] one God, he shall justify the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through faith.

Webster's Bible Translation
Seeing [it is] one God who will justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

Young's Literal Translation
yes, also of nations; since one [is] God who shall declare righteous the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through the faith.

New Century Version
Of course he is, because there is only one God. He will make Jews right with him by their faith, and he will also make those who are not Jews right with him through their faith.

New English Translation
Since God is one, he will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

Berean Standard Bible
since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.

Contemporary English Version
There is only one God, and he accepts Gentiles as well as Jews, simply because of their faith.

Complete Jewish Bible
because, as you will admit, God is one . Therefore, he will consider righteous the circumcised on the ground of trusting and the uncircumcised through that same trusting.

English Standard Version
since God is one—who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For it is one God, who shall iustifie circumcision of faith, and vncircumcision through faith.

George Lamsa Translation
Because it is one God, who justifies the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision by the same faith.

Hebrew Names Version
since indeed there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith, and the uncircumcised through faith.

International Standard Version
since there is only one God who will justify the circumcised on the basis of faith and the uncircumcised by that same faith.Romans 10:12-13; Galatians 3:8,20, 28;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
Because one is Aloha, who justifieth the circumcision by faith, also the uncircumcision by the same faith.

Murdock Translation
Because there is, one God, who justifieth the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision by the same faith.

New Living Translation
There is only one God, and he makes people right with himself only by faith, whether they are Jews or Gentiles.

New Life Bible
He is one God. He will make Jews and the people who are not Jews right with Himself if they put their trust in Christ.

English Revised Version
if so be that God is one, and he shall justify the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through faith.

New Revised Standard
since God is one; and he will justify the circumcised on the ground of faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
If, at all events, God is one, who will declare righteous - the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through their faith.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For it is one God that justifieth circumcision by faith and uncircumcision through faith.

Lexham English Bible
since God is one, who will justify those who are circumcised by faith and those who are uncircumcised through faith.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For it is one God whiche shall iustifie the circumcision by fayth, and vncircumcision through fayth.

Easy-to-Read Version
There is only one God. He will make Jews right with him by their faith, and he will also make non-Jews right with him through their faith.

New American Standard Bible
since indeed God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith is one.

Good News Translation
God is one, and he will put the Jews right with himself on the basis of their faith, and will put the Gentiles right through their faith.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For `oon God is, that iustefieth circumcisioun bi feith, and prepucie bi feith.

Contextual Overview

¹⁹ Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. ²⁰ Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. ²¹ But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; ²² Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: ²³ For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; ²⁴ Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: ²⁵ Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; ²⁶ To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. ²⁷ Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. ²⁸ Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Romans 3:28, Romans 4:11, Romans 4:12, Romans 10:12, Romans 10:13, Galatians 2:14-16, Galatians 3:8, Galatians 3:20, Galatians 3:28, Galatians 5:6, Galatians 6:15, Philippians 3:3, Colossians 2:10, Colossians 2:11

Reciprocal: Genesis 17:10 - Every Numbers 15:29 - one law Numbers 19:10 - it shall be Deuteronomy 23:8 - enter into Isaiah 54:5 - The God Jeremiah 32:27 - God Matthew 20:12 - equal Acts 10:35 - in Acts 11:18 - hath Acts 15:9 - put Acts 28:28 - sent Romans 2:9 - of the Jew Romans 2:13 - justified Romans 3:26 - and Romans 4:9 - Cometh Romans 5:1 - being Romans 5:11 - but we Romans 9:24 - not of the Jews 1 Corinthians 7:19 - Circumcision Galatians 2:16 - but Ephesians 4:5 - one faith 1 Timothy 2:4 - will 1 Timothy 2:5 - one God James 2:19 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Seeing it is one God,.... God is one in nature and essence, though there are three persons in the Godhead, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; whence it appears, that he that is the God of the Jews, is also the God of the Gentiles, or there would be more gods than one; and that these are justified in one and the same manner, or God must be divided; for God, as he is one in nature, so he is one in will, in his promises, and in the methods of his grace:

which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. The objects of justification are "the circumcision", the circumcised Jews, and "the uncircumcision", the uncircumcised Gentiles; the circumcision of the one does not forward, and the uncircumcision of the other does not hinder, nor neither of them effect the grace of justification: the justifier of them is one and the same, who is God; and the matter of their justification is the same, which is the righteousness of Christ; and the manner of it, or the means of their comfortable apprehension of it, is the same; for those phrases, "by faith", and "through faith", mean one and the same thing; see Philippians 3:9.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Is he the God ... - The Jews supposed that he was the God of their nation only, that they only were to be admitted to his favor. In these verses Paul showed that as all had alike sinned, Jews and Gentiles; and as the plan of salvation by faith was adapted to sinners, without any special reference to Jews; so God could show favors to all, and all might be admitted on the same terms to the benefits of the plan of salvation.

It is one God - The same God, there is but one, and his plan is equally suited to Jews and Gentiles.

The circumcision - Those who are circumcised - the Jews.

The uncircumcision - Gentiles; all who were not Jews.

By faith ...through faith - There is no difference in the meaning of these expressions. Both denote that faith is the instrumental cause of justification, or acceptance with God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 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 Saviour 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 addition of the article της, in the last case, extends and more pointedly ascertains the meaning. It is one and the same God who shall justify the believing Jews by faith; and the believing Gentiles δια της πιστεως, by THAT SAME faith.