What Does Romans 3:30 Mean in the King James?
Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The one God aligns both the marked and unmarked through trust, making trust the shared ground beneath their visible difference.
THE MEANING
God meets you now as one God: an outward marker does not divide access to alignment. The verse describes the circumcised as aligned “out of trust” and the uncircumcised “through the trust”; the wording shifts, while trust remains central to both.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
Your standing with God depends on which side of a visible religious boundary you occupy.
THE ROOT
δικαιώσει
dikaiōsei from dikaiō
GROWS FROM
δικαι-
dikai-
Rightness; being put in a right relation or standing.
“Justify” carries the language of a verdict, while its Greek word family also names what is right and the state of being put right. The verse opens onto alignment: the one God brings both marked and unmarked into right standing, with trust at the center.
ALSO GROWS
dikaios: Right, just, aligned.
δίκαιος
The adjective names the quality of rightness carried by the same word family as “justify.”
dikaiosynē: Righteousness, alignment.
δικαιοσύνη
This noun shows that the family names not only an act of justifying but also the condition of being in right standing.
dikaiōsis: Justification, acquittal.
δικαίωσις
This related noun makes the verdict sense visible alongside the broader idea of being put right.
πίστεως
pisteōs from pistis
GROWS FROM
πιστ-
pist-
Trust and reliance; also the quality of being dependable.
“Faith” here is trust, not mere agreement with a claim. This word family moves between trusting and being trustworthy, making reliance the living posture shared by both groups.
ALSO GROWS
pisteuō: Trust, rely, believe.
πιστεύω
The verb turns the noun’s trust into an act of reliance.
pistos: Trustworthy, firm, reliable.
πιστός
This branch shows trust’s other side: the dependable quality on which reliance rests.
THE PATTERN
The one God opens the way to alignment across human boundaries.
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: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.THE THREAD
For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.The word rendered “justify” here belongs to the same Greek family as “righteousness” in Romans 1:17; both open onto rightness and alignment. Trust is central in both verses, linking alignment with the reliance by which it is received and lived.
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