Romans 3:27
Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No; but by the law of faith.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
In Context
28For we conclude that a man is justified by faith, without deeds of law.
Cross References
Luke 18:9And he spoke this parable to some, who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and who despised others.
Romans 2:17But if you are named Jew, and rest in the law, and make your boast in God.
Romans 3:19Now 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.
Romans 7:21I find, then, this law: That, when I wish to do good, evil is present with me.
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 →