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Romans 3:28 KJV
Romans · chapter 3 · verse 28
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.Romans 3:28 · King James Version
Romans 3:28 in context
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:
30Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
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Key words (Strong's)
- justifieddikaioōto render righteous or such he ought to be, to show, exhibit, evince, one to be…G1344 →
- concludelogizomaito reckon, count, compute, calculate, count over, to take into account, to make an…G3049 →
- withoutchōrisseparate, apart, without any, besidesG5565 →
- faithpistisconviction of the truth of anything, belief in the NT of a conviction or belief…G4102 →
- deedsergonbusiness, employment, that which any one is occupied, that which one undertakes to do…G2041 →
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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