Romans 3:27

Romans 3:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
• New International Version (NIV)Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Can we boast, then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is not based on obeying the law. It is based on faith.

Context of Romans 3:27

25whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. 26It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith. 28For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law. 29Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,

Romans 3:27 word by word

Ποῦ οὖν ἡ καύχησις; ἐξεκλείσθη. διὰ ποίου νόμου; τῶν ἔργων; οὐχί, ἀλλὰ διὰ νόμου πίστεως.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whereποῦpou · where?G4226
• boastingὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• boastingκαύχησιςkauchēsis · prideG2746
• thenοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• It is excludedἐκκλείωekkleiō · to excludeG1576
• Byδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• whatποῖοςpoios · what?G4169
• lawνόμοςnomos · lawG3551
• of worksἔργονergon · workG2041
• Nayοὐχίouchi · not!G3780
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• of faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102

Cross-references for Romans 3:27

• Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
• Romans 2:17But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God
• Romans 4:2For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.
• Ezekiel 16:62I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall know that I am the Lord,
• Ezekiel 36:31Then you will remember your evil ways, and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and your abominations.
• Zephaniah 3:11"On that day you shall not be put to shame because of the deeds by which you have rebelled against me; for then I will remove from your midst your proudly exultant ones, and you shall no longer be haughty in my holy mountain.
• Luke 18:9He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt:
• 1 Corinthians 1:29so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.
• 1 Corinthians 4:7For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?
• Ephesians 2:8For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
• Romans 9:11though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God's purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls—
• Romans 10:5For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them.
• Romans 11:6But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
• Galatians 2:16yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
• Romans 7:21So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand.
• Romans 8:2For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

Commentaries on Romans 3:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Jew. Where is boasting, then? - ' , This glorying of ours. Have we nothing in which we can trust for our acceptance with God? No merit of our own? Nothing accruing to us from our circumcision and being in covenant with God. Apostle, It is excluded - , It is shut out; the door of heaven is shut against every thing of this kind. Jew. By what law? - By what rule, doctrine, or reason is it shut out? by the law of works? The rule of obedience, which God gave…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27Where is boasting then? - Where is there ground or occasion of boasting or pride? Since all have sinned, and since all have failed of being able to justify themselves by obeying the Law, and since all are alike dependent on the mere mercy of God in Christ, all ground of boasting is of course taken away. This refers particularly to the Jews, who were much addicted to boasting of their special privileges; See the note at Romans 3:1, etc. By what law? - The…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-31Verses 27-31 God will have the great work of the justification and salvation of sinners carried on from first to last, so as to shut out boasting. Now, if we were saved by our own works, boasting would not be excluded. But the way of justification by faith for ever shuts out boasting. Yet believers are not left to be lawless; faith is a law, it is a working grace, wherever it is in truth. By faith, not in this matter an act of obedience, or a good work…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 27-2827-28. Where is boasting then? ... excluded. By what law?--on what principle or scheme?. of works? Nay; but by the law of faith.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Romans 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings