Romans 3:20

for this reason by works of law will no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin.

Literal Standard Version

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

19And we have known that as many things as the Law says, to those in the Law it speaks, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may come under judgment to God;

21And now apart from law the righteousness of God has been revealed, testified to by the Law and the Prophets,

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Cross References

Job 25:4And what? Is man righteous with God? And what? Is he pure—born of a woman?

Psalms 143:2And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, || For no one living is justified before You.

Romans 2:13for not the hearers of the Law [are] righteous before God, but the doers of the Law will be declared righteous.

Romans 4:13For not through law [is] the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, of his being heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith;

Romans 5:13for until law sin was in the world: and sin is not reckoned when there is not law;

Romans 7:7What, then, will we say? The Law [is] sin? Let it not be! But I did not know sin except through law, for also the covetousness I had not known if the Law had not said:

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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