Romans 3:27
Where then is boasting? It is excluded. Through what law? Of works? No, but through the law of faith.
English Majority Text (NT)
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
28Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
Cross References
Luke 18:9Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised the others:
Romans 2:17Behold, you are called a Jew, and rely on the law, and boast in God,
Romans 3:19Now 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.
Romans 7:21Therefore I find this law, that when I wish to do the right thing, evil is right there 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 →