Romans 3:20

It follows that no flesh will be justified in His sight by the works of the law, because through the law comes the real knowledge of sin.

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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 whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world become accountable to God.

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

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Cross References

Romans 2:13For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified

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

Romans 5:13—sin was in the world before the law, to be sure, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

Romans 7:7So what shall we say then? Is the law sin? Of course not! Indeed, I would not have come to know the sin except through the law: I would not have recognized covetousness if the law had not said, “You must 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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