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Rom. 3:31 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Do we
me (Greek #3361)
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
KJV usage: any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3378.
Pronounce: may
Origin: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial)
katargeo (Greek #2673)
to be (render) entirely idle (useless), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: abolish, cease, cumber, deliver, destroy, do away, become (make) of no (none, without) effect, fail, loose, bring (come) to nought, put away (down), vanish away, make void.
Pronounce: kat-arg-eh'-o
Origin: from 2596 and 691
then
oun (Greek #3767)
(adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly
KJV usage: and (so, truly), but, now (then), so (likewise then), then, therefore, verily, wherefore.
Pronounce: oon
Origin: apparently a primary word
make void
katargeo (Greek #2673)
to be (render) entirely idle (useless), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: abolish, cease, cumber, deliver, destroy, do away, become (make) of no (none, without) effect, fail, loose, bring (come) to nought, put away (down), vanish away, make void.
Pronounce: kat-arg-eh'-o
Origin: from 2596 and 691
the law
nomos (Greek #3551)
law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle)
KJV usage: law.
Pronounce: nom'-os
Origin: from a primary νέμω (to parcel out, especially food or grazing to animals)
through
dia (Greek #1223)
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
KJV usage: after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of (that), briefly, by, for (cause) ... fore, from, in, by occasion of, of, by reason of, for sake, that, thereby, therefore, X though, through(-out), to, wherefore, with (-in). In composition it retains the same general importance.
Pronounce: dee-ah'
Origin: a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act
f faith
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
pistis (Greek #4102)
persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself
KJV usage: assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.
Pronounce: pis'-tis
Origin: from 3982
? God forbid
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
: yea
alla (Greek #235)
properly, other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)
KJV usage: and, but (even), howbeit, indeed, nay, nevertheless, no, notwithstanding, save, therefore, yea, yet.
Pronounce: al-lah'
Origin: neuter plural of 243
, we establish
histemi (Greek #2476)
to stand (transitively or intransitively), used in various applications (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: abide, appoint, bring, continue, covenant, establish, hold up, lay, present, set (up), stanch, stand (by, forth, still, up). Compare 5087.
Pronounce: his'-tay-mee
Origin: a prolonged form of a primary στάω (stah'-o) (of the same meaning, and used for it in certain tenses)
the law
nomos (Greek #3551)
law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle)
KJV usage: law.
Pronounce: nom'-os
Origin: from a primary νέμω (to parcel out, especially food or grazing to animals)
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Heb. 10:15‑16• 15And the Holy Spirit also bears us witness of it; for after what was said:
 16This is the covenant which I will establish towards them after those days, saith the Lord: Giving my laws into their hearts, I will write them also in their understandings; (Heb. 10:15‑16)

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do we.
Rom. 4:14• 14For if they which are of law be heirs, faith is made vain, and the promise made of no effect. (Rom. 4:14)
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Psa. 119:126• 126It is time for Jehovah to work: they have made void thy law. (Psa. 119:126)
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Jer. 8:8‑9• 8How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? Behold, certainly the lying pen of the scribes hath made it falsehood.
 9The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected Jehovah's word; and what wisdom is in them? (Jer. 8:8‑9)
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Matt. 5:17• 17Think not that I am come to make void the law or the prophets; I am not come to make void, but to fulfil. (Matt. 5:17)
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Matt. 15:6• 6and he shall in no wise honour his father or his mother; and ye have made void the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching. (Matt. 15:6)
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Gal. 2:21• 21I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness is by law, then Christ has died for nothing. (Gal. 2:21)
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Gal. 3:17‑19• 17Now I say this, A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which took place four hundred and thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.
 18For if the inheritance be on the principle of law, it is no longer on the principle of promise; but God gave it in grace to Abraham by promise.
 19Why then the law? It was added for the sake of transgressions, until the seed came to whom the promise was made, ordained through angels in the hand of a mediator. (Gal. 3:17‑19)
God.[Me genoito,] literally, let it not be, and which might be rendered less objectionably, far from it, by no means.
Rom. 3:4• 4Far be the thought: but let God be true, and every man false; according as it is written, So that thou shouldest be justified in thy words, and shouldest overcome when thou art in judgment. (Rom. 3:4)
yea.
Rom. 7:7‑14,22,25• 7What shall we say then? is the law sin? Far be the thought. But I had not known sin, unless by law: for I had not had conscience also of lust unless the law had said, Thou shalt not lust;
 8but sin, getting a point of attack by the commandment, wrought in me every lust; for without law sin was dead.
 9But *I* was alive without law once; but the commandment having come, sin revived, but *I* died.
 10And the commandment, which was for life, was found, as to me, itself to be unto death:
 11for sin, getting a point of attack by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
 12So that the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
 13Did then that which is good become death to me? Far be the thought. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death to me by that which is good; in order that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
 14For we know that the law is spiritual: but *I* am fleshly, sold under sin.
 22For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man:
 25I thank God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then *I* *myself* with the mind serve God's law; but with the flesh sin's law. (Rom. 7:7‑14,22,25)
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Rom. 8:4• 4in order that the righteous requirement of the law should be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to flesh but according to Spirit. (Rom. 8:4)
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Rom. 10:4• 4For Christ is the end of law for righteousness to every one that believes. (Rom. 10:4)
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Rom. 13:8‑10• 8Owe no one anything, unless to love one another: for he that loves another has fulfilled the law.
 9For, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not lust; and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
 10Love works no ill to its neighbour; love therefore is the whole law. (Rom. 13:8‑10)
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Psa. 40:8• 8To do thy good pleasure, my God, is my delight, and thy law is within my heart. (Psa. 40:8)
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Isa. 42:21• 21Jehovah had delight in him for his righteousness' sake: he hath magnified the law, and made it honourable. (Isa. 42:21)
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Jer. 31:33‑34• 33For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and will write it in their heart; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
 34And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith Jehovah: for I will pardon their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more. (Jer. 31:33‑34)
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Matt. 3:15• 15But Jesus answering said to him, Suffer it now; for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffers him. (Matt. 3:15)
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Matt. 5:20• 20For I say unto you, that unless your righteousness surpass that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of the heavens. (Matt. 5:20)
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1 Cor. 9:21• 21to those without law, as without law, (not as without law to God, but as legitimately subject to Christ,) in order that I might gain those without law. (1 Cor. 9:21)
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Gal. 2:19• 19For *I*, through law, have died to law, that I may live to God. (Gal. 2:19)
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Gal. 5:18‑23• 18but if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under law.
 19Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness,
 20idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, disputes, schools of opinion,
 21envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revels, and things like these; as to which I tell you beforehand, even as I also have said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit God's kingdom.
 22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity,
 23meekness, self-control: against such things there is no law. (Gal. 5:18‑23)
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Heb. 10:15‑16• 15And the Holy Spirit also bears us witness of it; for after what was said:
 16This is the covenant which I will establish towards them after those days, saith the Lord: Giving my laws into their hearts, I will write them also in their understandings; (Heb. 10:15‑16)
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James 2:8‑12• 8If indeed ye keep the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well.
 9But if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
 10For whoever shall keep the whole law and shall offend in one point, he has come under the guilt of breaking all.
 11For he who said, Thou shalt not commit adultery, said also, Thou shalt not kill. Now if thou dost not commit adultery, but killest, thou art become transgressor of the law.
 12So speak ye, and so act, as those that are to be judged by the law of liberty; (James 2:8‑12)
• Nothing ever put divine sanction on the law like the death of Christ, who bore its curse, but did not leave us under it. Faith does not then annul law; it fully establishes its authority. It shows man righteously condemned under it, and maintains the authority of the law in that condemnation, for it holds all who are under it to be under the curse....Hence those who put Christians under law do not maintain its authority; for they hold them exempt from its curse, though they break it. (“Romans 3:21-31” by J.N. Darby)
• The Law complements the gospel in proving that men have sinned and have come short of the glory of God. Hence, the gospel upholds the holy demands of the Law. (“Deliverance From the Penalty of Sins: Romans 3:21-5:11” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Do we then make void law by faith? Far be the thought: no, but we establish law.

W. Kelly Translation

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Doa we then make void lawb throughc faith? Let it not be: nay, we establish law.

WK Translation Notes

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a
To make a paragraph of verse 31 seems needless. It well closes the verses from 21.
b
Here and at the end of the verse it is not "the" law, it is the anarthrous form of the noun without the article.
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The article is included, meaning the faith actually exercised by any.