Mark

Romans 3

It seems i wasn’t as clear in my objection as i would have hoped. Let me try again. I will say first what i do no think Romans 3 addresses and then who i do think it addresses.

1. IT does not address ONLY ‘the jews’ of John 6. It seemed to me that Cheryl was saying that Romans 3:10-18 is only addressing the pharasee’s or Jews of John 6.

2. Romans 3:9-18 is addressing all of humanity in their unregenerate state (so yes the Jews of John 6) would be included. This is seen from the context Rom 1:18-3:20. In Romans 1:18ff Paul addresses the Pagan Gentile world, and then concludes in 2:1 that the Roman Christian gentiles were the same. Paul then addresses the Jews in the Roman church in case they though they were any better and concludes again the same thing in Rom 3:9. The Jews are no better off, because as Paul has said both Jew and Gentile are under sin, as it is written…

In Rom 3:21ff Paul then begins with a big BUT and proceeds to outile that rightousness comes through faith in Christ. It is clear therefore that what Paul is addressing in Rom 1:18-3:20 is both Jew and Gentile in their unregenerate state. From 3:21ff Paul expounds on the ‘BUT’, what God has done!

Therefore this is why i disagree with Cheryl oh Rom 3. It is not solely addressing the Jews of JOhn 6. This is foreign to the context of Romans. Paul is writing to the Roman Church, a bunch of Christians and has told them that they were like what he has outlined in 1:18-3:20, but God has saved them in Jesus. Now if this state is true of the Roman CHristians it is true of all humanity. As Paul says in 3:23, all have fallen short.

Hope this helps. Romans 3:10-18 is not ONLY about the Jews of John 6, but ALL of humanity in thier UNREGENRATE state before God does the big BUT of righteousness through Christ.