Romans 3 · Verse 29

Romans 3:29

Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
Romans 3:29, King James Version

Romans 3:29 in other translations

BSBIs God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
WEBOr is God the God of Jews only? Isn’t he the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,
ASVOr is God the God of Jews only? is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yea, of Gentiles also:
YLTThe God of Jews only is He, and not also of nations?
DARBYIs God the God of Jews only? is he not of the nations also? Yea, of nations also:
BBEOr is God the God of Jews only? is he not in the same way the God of Gentiles? Yes, of Gentiles:
WebsterIs he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:

What does Romans 3:29 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
29. Is he the God of the Jews only? &c.--The way of salvation must be one equally suited to the whole family of fallen man: but the doctrine of justification by faith is the only one that lays the basis of a Universal Religion; this therefore is another mark of its truth.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verses 29, 30. Is he the God, etc. The Jews supposed that he was the God of their nation only, that they only were to be admitted to his favour. 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 favours to all, and all might be admitted on the same terms to the benefits of the plan of salvation.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 29 Is he the God of the Jews only? - Do not begin to suppose that because you cannot be justified by the works of the law and God has in his mercy found out a new method of saving you, that therefore this mercy shall apply to the Jews exclusively. Is not God the maker, preserver, and redeemer, also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also, as much as of the Jews; for all have equally sinned and there is no reason, if God be disposed to show mercy at all, that he should prefer the one to the other; since they are all equally guilty, sinful, and necessitous.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Romans 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…

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Romans 3:29 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἢēOrG2228
ἸουδαίωνIoudaiōnof JewsG2453
ὁho[is He] theG3588
θεὸςtheosGodG2316
μόνον,monononly,G3441
οὐχὶouchisurely [is]G3780
καὶkaialsoG2532
ἐθνῶν;ethnōnof Gentiles?G1484
ναὶnaiYesG3483
καὶkaialsoG2532
ἐθνῶν,ethnōnof Gentiles,G1484

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Romans 3:29

  • Colossians 3:11

    Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

  • Zechariah 2:11

    And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee.

  • Ephesians 3:6

    That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:

  • Galatians 3:14

    That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

  • Galatians 3:25-29

    But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. …

  • Romans 9:24-26

    Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.

  • Zechariah 8:20-23

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the Lord, and to seek the Lord of hosts: I will go also. Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the Lord. Thus saith the Lord of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.

  • Mark 16:15-16

    And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

  • Luke 24:46-47

    And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

  • Romans 1:16

    For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

  • Jeremiah 16:19

    O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.

  • Romans 15:9-13

    And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name. And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people. And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1:16; 9:24-26; 11:12,13; 15:9-13,16; Ge 17:7,8,18; Ps 22:7; 67:2
Ps 72:17; Isa 19:23-25; 54:5; Jer 16:19; 31:33; Ho 1:10; Zec 2:11
Zec 8:20-23; Mal 1:11; Mt 22:32; 28:19; Mr 16:15,16; Lu 24:46,47
Ac 9:15; 22:21; 26:17; Ga 3:14,25-29; Eph 3:6; Col 3:11

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Context

  • Romans 3:28

    Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

  • Romans 3:29

    Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:

  • Romans 3:30

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

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Romans 3:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¿Es Dios solamente Dios de los Judíos? ¿No es también Dios de los Gentiles? Cierto, también de los Gentiles.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Dieu est-il seulement le Dieu des Juifs? ne l’est-il pas aussi des nations? – Certes, aussi des nations;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Oder ist Gott der Gott der Juden allein? Nicht auch der Nationen? Ja, auch der Nationen,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		An Judæorum Deus tantum? nonne et gentium? Immo et gentium: