Romans 3:20

Therefore by works of the law no flesh shall be justified in His sight, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin. 1 Righteousness Through Faith

English Majority Text (NT)

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 as many things as the law says, it speaks to those under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be held accountable to God.

21But now the righteousness of God apart from the law has been revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets,

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Cross References

Romans 2:13(for it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified;

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

Romans 5:13(For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

Romans 7:7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? By no means! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known lust unless the law had 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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