Romans 3:20

Wherefore by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified before Him: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

1770 John Worsley NT

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

19it saith to those under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world obnoxious to the justice of God.

21But now, without the law, righteousness before God is manifested, being attested by the law and the prophets;

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Cross References

Romans 2:13(for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified:

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

Romans 5:13for sin was in the world before the law. Now sin is not imputed where there is no law;

Romans 7:7What shall we say then? is the law sin? God forbid! Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust to be sinful, if the law had not 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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