Romans 3:20

Therefore, by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified in his sight: for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

Revised King James New Testament

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 says, it says to those who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be held accountable to God.

21But now the righteousness of God apart from the law has been manifested, though it is witnessed to by the law and the prophets;

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Cross References

Romans 2:13(For it is not the hearers of the law who are justified before God, but it is the doers of the law who shall be justified.

Romans 4:13For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not given to Abraham, or to his descendants, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

Romans 5:13For though sin was in the world before the law: sin is not taken into account when there is no law.

Romans 7:7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? By no means. On the contrary, I would not have known sin, but by the law: for I would not have known about coveting unless the law had said, You shall 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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