Bible Strands
Romans 3:22
And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul addresses the Roman church, having just established in 3:9–20 that both Jew and Gentile are under sin, and now pivots to how God's righteousness is made available apart from the law.
The words — πίστις (pistis, "faith") stands in the genitive after διὰ, producing the contested phrase "through the faith [of] Jesus Christ," where the genitive could mean either human faith directed toward Christ or Christ's own faithfulness as the means of justification. δικαιοσύνῃ (dikaiosynē, "righteousness") carries the forensic sense of a declared right standing, not moral improvement.
The thread — The "no distinction" clause echoes Romans 10:12 (one Lord for all who call) and Galatians 3:28 (neither Jew nor Greek in Christ), and the resulting state is spelled out in Romans 8:1: no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus.
Why it lands — The verse removes any ground for self-justification: the righteousness is God's, the means is faith, and the scope is universal, so the reader is left with nothing to add and no category in which to claim priority.
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The Greek words
King James Version
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:
Cross-references
- Romans 10:12 For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
- Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- Romans 8:1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
- Galatians 2:16 know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
- Romans 5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Colossians 3:11 Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
- Galatians 3:6 So also, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
- Philippians 3:9 and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.
- Matthew 22:11 But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes.
- Romans 2:1 You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.