Boasting Excluded

27 Where, then, is boasting?(A) It is excluded. By what kind of law?[a](B) By one of works? No, on the contrary, by a law[b] of faith. 28 For we conclude that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.(C) 29 Or is God the God of Jews only?(D) Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, 30 since there is one God(E) who will justify the circumcised by faith(F) and the uncircumcised through faith. 31 Do we then nullify the law through faith? Absolutely not!(G) On the contrary, we uphold the law.(H)

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  1. 3:27 Or what principle?
  2. 3:27 Or a principle

27 What happens to our bragging? It’s thrown out. With which law? With what we have accomplished under the Law? 28 No, not at all, but through the law of faith. We consider that a person is treated as righteous by faith, apart from what is accomplished under the Law. 29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Isn’t God the God of Gentiles also? Yes, God is also the God of Gentiles. 30 Since God is one, then the one who makes the circumcised righteous by faith will also make the one who isn’t circumcised righteous through faith. 31 Do we then cancel the Law through this faith? Absolutely not! Instead, we confirm the Law.

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