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Romans 3:21-23 KJV
Romans · chapter 3 · verses 21–23
21But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; 22Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: 23For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;Romans 3:21-23 · King James Version
Romans 3:21-23 in context
19Now 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.
20Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
21But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
22Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
23For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
25Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
Commentary
Cross references
- Acts 10:43
- Jeremiah 33:16
- Philippians 3:9
- Jeremiah 23:5-6
- Romans 10:12
- Galatians 3:28
- Galatians 2:16
- Romans 8:1
- Colossians 3:11
- Romans 5:1-11
- Ecclesiastes 7:20
- 1 John 1:8-10
Key words (Strong's)
- righteousnessdikaiosynēin a broad sense state of him who is as he ought to be, righteousness, the condition…G1343 →
- manifestedphaneroōto make manifest or visible or known what has been hidden or unknown, to manifest…G5319 →
- witnessedmartyreōto be a witness, to bear witnessG3140 →
- withoutchōrisseparate, apart, without any, besidesG5565 →
- believepisteuōto think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in, of the thing…G4100 →
- ChristchristosChrist = " anointed" , Christ was [and is], anointedG5547 →
- sinnedhamartanōto be without a share in, to miss the mark, to err, be mistaken, to miss or wander from…G264 →
- faithpistisconviction of the truth of anything, belief in the NT of a conviction or belief…G4102 →
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From all this Paul infers that it is in vain to look for justification by the works of the law, and that it is to be had only by faith, which is the point he has been all along proving, from Rom 1:17, and which he lays down (Rom 3:28) as the summary of his discourse, with a quod erat demonstrandum - which was to be…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-31