Romans 3:27
Where then is glorying? It is annihilated. By what law? by that of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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
28We therefore conclude, that it is by faith a man is justified, and not by the works of the law.
Cross References
Luke 18:9And he spake this similitude, against certain persons, who had confidence in themselves that they were righteous, and despised every one.
Romans 2:17But if thou, who art called a Jew, and reposest thyself on the law, and gloriest in God,
Romans 3:19Now 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.
Romans 7:21I find therefore a law coinciding with my conscience, which assenteth to my doing good, whereas evil is near to 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 →