Romans 3:20

Because by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified before him. For by the law is the knowledge of sin.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 things soever the law speaketh, it speaketh to them that are in the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be made subject to God.

21But now without the law the justice of God is made manifest, being witnessed by the law and the prophets.

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Cross References

Job 25:4Can man be justified compared with God, or he that is born of a woman appear clean?

Psalms 143:2I cried to the Lord with my voice: with my voice I made supplication to the Lord.

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

Romans 4:13For not through the law was the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, that he should be heir of the world; but through the justice of faith.

Romans 5:13For until the law sin was in the world; but sin was not imputed, when the law was not.

Romans 7:7What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? God forbid. But I do not know sin, but by the law; for I had not known concupiscence, if the law did not say: Thou shalt 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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