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Translating Romans 3:29-30
Here is the Greek, and how various translations have rendered it in English.

NRSV:
Or is God the God of Jews only?
Is he not the God of Gentiles also?
Yes, of Gentiles also,
30since God is one;
and he will justify the circumcised on the ground of faith and
the uncircumcised through that same faith.

NIV:
I s God the God of Jews only?
Is he not the God of Gentiles too?
Yes, of Gentiles too,
30 since there is only one God,
who will justify the circumcised by faith and
the uncircumcised through that same faith.

NJB:
Do you think God is the God only of the Jews,
and not of gentiles too?
Most certainly of gentiles too,
30 since there is only one God;
he will justify the circumcised by their faith,
and he will justify the uncircumcised through their faith.


Jan Lambrecht, JBL, 119:3, p. 526 (literal):
Or is he God of Jews only?
Is he not also God of Gentiles?
Yes, also of Gentiles,
30if indeed God is one,
[the God] who will justify circumcision from faith and
uncircumcision through the faith.

Lambrecht (free):
30If indeed God is one,
the God who will justify Jews and Gentile alike [protasis, v.30ab],
then this God is also the God of Gentiles [apodosis, v.29c]


First posted 12/27/00; © 2000 John P. Nordin