Romans 3:20
Therefore by the woorkes of the Lawe shall no flesh be iustified in his sight: for by the Lawe commeth the knowledge of sinne.
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Job 25:4And howe may a man be iustified with God? or how can he be cleane, that is borne of woman?
Psalms 143:2(And enter not into iudgement with thy seruant: for in thy sight shall none that liueth, be iustified)
Romans 2:13(For the hearers of the Lawe are not righteous before God: but the doers of the Lawe shalbe iustified.
Romans 4:13For the promise that he should be the heire of the worlde, was not giuen to Abraham, or to his seede, through the Lawe, but through the righteousnesse of faith.
Romans 5:13For vnto the time of the Law was sinne in the worlde, but sinne is not imputed, while there is no lawe.
Romans 7:7What shall we say then? Is the Lawe sinne? God forbid. Nay, I knewe not sinne, but by the Lawe: for I had not knowen lust, except the Lawe had sayd, Thou shalt not lust.
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 →