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Romans 3:27 KJV
Romans · chapter 3 · verse 27
Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.Romans 3:27 · King James Version
Romans 3:27 in context
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;
26To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
27Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
28Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
29Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
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Key words (Strong's)
- boastingkauchēsisthe act of gloryingG2746 →
- excludedekkleiōto shut out, to turn out of doors, to prevent the approach of oneG1576 →
- worksergonbusiness, employment, that which any one is occupied, that which one undertakes to do…G2041 →
- lawnomosanything established, anything received by usage, a custom, a law, a command, of any law…G3551 →
- Nayouchinot, by no means, not at allG3780 →
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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