Romans 3:8

⁸וּמַדּוּעַ לֹא "נַעֲשֶׂה אֶת הָרַע כְּדֵי שֶׁיֵּצֵא טוֹב", כְּפִי שֶׁמַּעֲלִילִים עָלֵינוּ וְטוֹעֲנִים כִּי כָּךְ אָנוּ אוֹמְרִים? אָכֵן מִשְׁפַּט צֶדֶק נֶחֱרַץ עֲלֵיהֶם.c

Romans 3 is the theological hinge of the letter. Paul dismantles every human claim to righteousness—Jew and Gentile alike—and declares that all stand guilty before God. The law, far from saving, only silences every mouth. Then, in a thunderclap of grace, Paul unveils the gospel: a r