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27 Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On the principle of works? No, but on the principle of faith.[a] 28 For we hold that a man is justified by faith apart from works of law.

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  1. 3.27 Above all, it is faith, not works alone, that will justify both Jew and Gentile, and (as is made clear later) faith in Jesus.

Boasting Excluded

27 (A)Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith. 28 Therefore we conclude (B)that a man is [a]justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law.

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  1. Romans 3:28 declared righteous