Romans 3:31
Therefore do we nullify the law through faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 3:15But Jesus answered and said to him, “Permit it now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he permitted Him.
Matthew 5:20For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. 1 Concerning Anger
Romans 3:4By no means! Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar, just as it is written: 1 “ That You may be justified in Your words, 1 and You may prevail when You are judged.”
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 →