Romans 3:20

Wherefore, by works of law, no flesh shall be justified in his sight; for by law is the knowledge of sin.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

In Context

19Now we know that what the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world become guilty before God.

21But now, the righteousness of God without law is revealed, being attested by the law and the prophets;

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Cross References

Romans 2:13in the day when God shall judge the secret works of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.

Romans 4:13For the promise that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, nor to his posterity, through law, but through the righteousness of faith.

Romans 5:13for till the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not charged where there is no law.

Romans 7:7What, then, shall we say? Is the law sin? It can not be. Indeed, I had not known sin, except through law. For I had not known evil desire, unless the law had said: You shall not have any evil desire.

Matthew Henry on Romans 3:20-31

Justification by Faith; Christ a Propitiation. ( a. d. 58.) 19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. 21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; 22 Even the righteousness of God which is by… Read the whole commentary →

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