Romans 3:27
So do we have anything to boast about then? Absolutely not, there's no place for that! And why's that? Is it because we follow the law of observing requirements? No, we follow the law of trusting in God.
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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
Cross References
Ezekiel 16:62This is how I will endorse my agreement with you, and you will know that I am the Lord,
Zephaniah 3:11On that day you won't be ashamed because of what you did in rebelling against me, for I will remove from among you those who are proud and boastful. Never again will you be conceited on my holy mountain.
Luke 18:9He also told this story about those who are so sure that they are living right, and who put everybody else down.
Romans 2:17What about you who call yourself a Jew? You rely on the written law and boast about having a special relationship to God.
Romans 3:19It's clear that everything in the law applies to those who live under the law so that no one could have any excuses, and to make sure everyone in the whole world is answerable to God.
Romans 7:21This is the principle I've discovered: if I want to do what's good, evil is always there too.
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 →