Romans 3:31 Parallel Translations

Are we abolishing Moses' Teachings by this faith? That's unthinkable! Rather, we are supporting Moses' Teachings.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

ASV:

Do we then make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid: nay, we establish the law.

BBE:

Do we, then, through faith make the law of no effect? in no way: but we make it clear that the law is important.

DBY:

Do we then make void law by faith? Far be the thought: no, but we establish law.

ERV:

Do we then make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid: nay, we establish the law.

WEY:

Do we then by means of this faith abolish the Law? No, indeed; we give the Law a firmer footing.

WBS:

Do we then make void the law through faith? By no means: but we establish the law.

WEB:

Do we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be! No, we establish the law.

YLT:

Law then do we make useless through the faith? let it not be! yea, we do establish law.

Romans 3:31 Cross References

XREF:

Matthew 5:17 "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.

Luke 20:16 "He will come and destroy these vine-growers and will give the vineyard to others." When they heard it, they said, "May it never be!"

Romans 3:4 May it never be! Rather, let God be found true, though every man be found a liar, as it is written, "THAT YOU MAY BE JUSTIFIED IN YOUR WORDS, AND PREVAIL WHEN YOU ARE JUDGED."

Romans 3:6 May it never be! For otherwise, how will God judge the world?

Romans 8:4 so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

3:31 {13} Do we then make {h} void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we {i} establish the law.
(13) The taking away of an objection: yet the law is not therefore taken away, but is rather established, as it will be declared in its proper place.
(h) Vain, void, to no purpose, and of no power.
(i) We make the law effectual and strong.

PNT:

3:31 Do we then make void the law? Do we make it useless through the faith; i.e. through the Gospel? (the article is found before faith in the Greek).
We establish the law. Rather, law (the article is not found in the Greek). Law is confirmed and rendered sacred, when its just demands are met by the suffering of the Son of God himself.

WES:

3:31 We establish the law - Both the authority, purity, and the end of it; by defending that which the law attests; by pointing out Christ, the end of it; and by showing how it may be fulfilled in its purity.

MHC:

3:27-31 God will have the great work of the justification and salvation of sinners carried on from first to last, so as to shut out boasting. Now, if we were saved by our own works, boasting would not be excluded. But the way of justification by faith for ever shuts out boasting. Yet believers are not left to be lawless; faith is a law, it is a working grace, wherever it is in truth. By faith, not in this matter an act of obedience, or a good work, but forming the relation between Christ and the sinner, which renders it proper that the believer should be pardoned and justified for the sake of the Saviour, and that the unbeliever who is not thus united or related to him, should remain under condemnation. The law is still of use to convince us of what is past, and to direct us for the future. Though we cannot be saved by it as a covenant, yet we own and submit to it, as a rule in the hand of the Mediator.

CONC:

Abolish Clear Contrary Effect Establish Faith Firmer Footing Forbid Important Indeed Law Nay None Nullify Overthrow Rather Uphold Useless Void Yea

Abolish Clear Contrary Establish Faith Far Footing Forbid Indeed Law Means Nullify Overthrow Rather Thought Uphold Useless Void Way

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