Romans 3:20

For in his presence no flesh shall be justified by the works of the law. For knowledge of sin is through the law.

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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

19But we know that whatever the law speaks, it speaks to those who are in the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the entire world may be subject to God.

21But now, without the law, the justice of God, to which the law and the prophets have testified, has been made manifest.

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Cross References

Job 25:4Is it right for man to compare himself to God, or to appear pure though he is born of woman?

Psalms 143:2My mercy and my refuge, my supporter and my deliverer, my protector and him in whom I have hoped: he subdues my people under me.

Romans 2:13For it is not the hearers of the law who are just before God, but rather it is the doers of the law who shall be justified.

Romans 4:13For the Promise to Abraham, and to his posterity, that he would inherit the world, was not through the law, but through the justice of faith.

Romans 5:13For even before the law, sin was in the world, but sin was not imputed while the law did not exist.

Romans 7:7What should we say next? Is the law sin? Let it not be so! But I do not know sin, except through the law. For example, I would not have known about coveting, unless the law said: “You shall not covet.”

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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