Romans 3:21

But 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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In The King James Version

But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

In Context

20For in his presence no flesh shall be justified by the works of the law. For knowledge of sin is through the law.

22And the justice of God, through the faith of Jesus Christ, is in all those and over all those who believe in him. For there is no distinction.

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Cross References

Genesis 15:6Abram believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.

Isaiah 45:24For every knee shall bend to me, and every tongue shall swear it.

Isaiah 51:8For the worm will consume them like a garment, and the moth will devour them like wool. But my salvation will be forever, and my justice will be from generation to generation.

Isaiah 61:10I will rejoice greatly in the Lord, and my soul will exult in my God. For he has clothed me with the vestments of salvation, and he has wrapped me in the clothing of justice, like a groom arrayed with a crown, and like a bride adorned with her jewels.

Jeremiah 33:16In those days, Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will live in confidence. And this is the name that they will call him: ‘The Lord, our Just One.’

Luke 24:44And he said to them: “These are the words that I spoke to you when I was still with you, because all things must be fulfilled which are written in the law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms about 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 →

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