Romans 3:27
Where then [is] the boasting? It was excluded; by what law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith:
Literal Standard Version
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 reckon a man to be declared righteous by faith, apart from works of law.
Cross References
Ezekiel 16:62And I have established My covenant with you, || And you have known that I [am] YHWH.
Zephaniah 3:11In that day you are not ashamed because of any of your actions, || With which you have transgressed against Me, || For then I turn aside from your midst || The exulting ones of your excellence, || And you are to be haughty no longer, || In My holy mountain.
Luke 18:9And He also spoke to some who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this allegory:
Romans 2:17Behold, you are named a Jew, and rest on the Law, and boast in God,
Romans 3:19And 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;
Romans 7:21I find, then, the law, that when I desire to do what is right, the evil is present 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 →