Ἡμεῖς φύσει Ἰουδαῖοι καὶ οὐκ ἐξ ἐθνῶν ἁμαρτωλοί,

Emeis phusei Ioudaioi kai ouk ex ethnon amartoloi,

nos natura Iudaei et non ex gentibus peccatores

We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

We being Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

For we who are by our nature Judeans and not sinners of the Gentiles,

We, Jews by nature, and not sinners of the nations,

We by nature are Jews, and not of the Gentiles sinners.

We being Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners;

We are Jewish by birth, not sinners from other nations.

We who are Jews by birth and not "Gentile sinners"

We ourselves are Jews by birth, and not gentile sinners,

We are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners,

"We are Jews by nature and not sinners from among the Gentiles;

"We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles

"You and I are Jews by birth, not 'sinners' like the Gentiles.

We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

You and I, though we are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners,

"We, being Jews by nature, and not Gentile sinners,

We were born as Jewish people. We are not Gentiles who have never obeyed God's rules.

we by nature Jews, and not sinners of the nations,

You and I were born Jews. We were not sinners from among the people who are not Jews.

“We, who are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners,

We are natural-born Jews, not sinners from the godless nations.

You and I are Jews by birth, not mere Gentile sinners,

We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners,

“We are Jews by nature and not sinners from among the Gentiles;

We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

We are Jews by birth and not “Gentile sinners,”

[I went on to say] Although we ourselves (you and I) are Jews by birth and not Gentile (heathen) sinners,

We were not born as non-Jewish “sinners,” but as Jews.

We Jews know that we have no advantage of birth over “non-Jewish sinners.” We know very well that we are not set right with God by rule-keeping but only through personal faith in Jesus Christ. How do we know? We tried it—and we had the best system of rules the world has ever seen! Convinced that no human being can please God by self-improvement, we believed in Jesus as the Messiah so that we might be set right before God by trusting in the Messiah, not by trying to be good.

“We are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners.

We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners;

We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners;

We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

Indeed, we are Jews by birth and not “Gentile sinners,” as they are called.

We Jews of kind, and not sinful men of the heathen, [We be Jews of kind, and not sinners of heathen men,]

We are Jews by birth, not “Gentile sinners.”

We are Jews by birth and are not sinners like Gentiles.

We ourselves, who are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners,

And then I went on to explain that we, who are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners, know that a man is justified not by performing what the Law commands but by faith in Jesus Christ. We ourselves are justified by our faith and not by our obedience to the Law, for we have recognised that no one can achieve justification by doing the “works of the Law”. Now if, as we seek the real truth about justification, we find we are as much sinners as the Gentiles, does that mean that Christ makes us sinners? Of course not! But if I attempt to build again the whole structure of justification by the Law then I do, in earnest, make myself a sinner. For under the Law I “died”, and now I am dead to the Law’s demands so that I may live for God. As far as the Law is concerned I may consider that I died on the cross with Christ. And my present life is not that of the old “I”, but the living Christ within me. The bodily life I now live, I live believing in the Son of God, who loved me and sacrificed himself for me. Consequently I refuse to stultify the grace of God by reverting to the Law. For if righteousness were possible under the Law then Christ died for nothing!

We ourselves are Jews by birth and not gentile sinners,

We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners;

We are born Jews—we’re not Gentile sinners.

[I went on to say] “We are Jews by birth and not sinners from among the Gentiles;

We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners;

We, who are Jews by nature and not sinners from among the Gentiles,

“We are Jews by nature and not sinners from the Gentiles;

We were not born as Gentile “sinners,” but as Jews.

We are Jews by birth and not sinners from among the Gentiles.

We ourselves, who are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners,

We are Jews by birth. We are not sinful Gentiles.

We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

We are Jews by birth, not so-called ‘Goyishe sinners’;

We ourselves were born Jews. We are not of those who still follow wrong ways, those who are not Jews.

We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners;

We ourselves are Yehudim by birth and not Goyishe chote’im (sinners).

We are Jewish by birth, not sinners from other nations.

We are Jews by nature, and not Gentile sinners,

We are Jews by birth. We were not born “sinners,” as we call those who are not Jews.

We were not born as non-Jewish “sinners,” but we were born as Jews.

We are Jews by nature and not sinners from among the Gentiles,

‘We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles

We are Jews by nature, and not sinners from the Gentiles.