Romans 3:27-31
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27 Then what becomes of boasting? It is excluded. Through what kind of law? That of works? No, rather through the law of faith.(A) 28 For we hold that a person is justified by faith apart from works prescribed by the law.(B) 29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of gentiles also? Yes, of gentiles also, 30 since God is one, and he will justify the circumcised on the ground of faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.(C) 31 Do we then overthrow the law through this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
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Romans 3:27-31
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27 Where, then, is boasting?[a] It is excluded! By what principle?[b] Of works? No, but by the principle of faith! 28 For we consider that a person[c] is declared righteous by faith apart from the works of the law.[d] 29 Or is God the God of the Jews only? Is he not the God of the Gentiles too? Yes, of the Gentiles too! 30 Since God is one,[e] he will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith. 31 Do we then nullify[f] the law through faith? Absolutely not! Instead[g] we uphold the law.
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- Romans 3:27 tn Although a number of interpreters understand the “boasting” here to refer to Jewish boasting, others (e.g. C. E. B. Cranfield, “‘The Works of the Law’ in the Epistle to the Romans,” JSNT 43 [1991]: 96) take the phrase to refer to all human boasting before God.
- Romans 3:27 tn Grk “By what sort of law?”
- Romans 3:28 tn Here ἄνθρωπον (anthrōpon) is used in an indefinite and general sense (BDAG 81 s.v. ἄνθρωπος 4.a.γ).
- Romans 3:28 tn See the note on the phrase “works of the law” in Rom 3:20.
- Romans 3:30 tn Grk “but if indeed God is one.”
- Romans 3:31 tn Grk “render inoperative.”
- Romans 3:31 tn Grk “but” (Greek ἀλλά, alla).
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