Romans 3:20

Wherefore, by the deeds of the law, no flesh is justified before him: for, by the law, sin is known.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 saith, it saith to them who are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world be guilty before God.

21But now, the righteousness of God without the law, is manifested; and the law and the prophets testify of it:

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Cross References

Romans 2:13(for not the hearers of the law, are righteous before God; but the doers of the law are justified;

Romans 4:13For the promise to Abraham and to his seed, that he should become the heir of the world, was not by the law, but by the righteousness of his faith.

Romans 5:13For until the law, sin, although it was in the world, was not accounted sin, because there was no law.

Romans 7:7What shall we say then? Is the law sin?, Far be it. For I had not learned sin, except by means of the law: for I had not known concupiscence, had not the law said, Thou shalt 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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