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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith.

Context of Romans 3:27

25whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed; 26for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. Where then is boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith. 28For we maintain that a man 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

• Whereποῦpou · where?G4226
• thenοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• It is excludedἐκκλείωekkleiō · to excludeG1576
• whatποῖοςpoios · what?G4169
• of lawνόμοςnomos · lawG3551
• Of worksἔργονergon · workG2041
• Noοὐχίouchi · not!G3780
• 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 closed and all the world may become accountable to God;
• Romans 2:17But if you bear the name “Jew” and rely upon 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 16:62Thus I 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 in your own sight for your iniquities and your abominations.
• Zephaniah 3:11In that day you will feel no shame Because of all your deeds By which you have rebelled against Me; For then I will remove from your midst Your proud, exulting ones, And you will never again be haughty On My holy mountain.
• Luke 18:9And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt:
• 1 Corinthians 1:29so that no man may boast before God.
• 1 Corinthians 4:7For who regards you as superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
• Ephesians 2:8For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
• Romans 9:11for though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad, so that God’s purpose according to His choice would stand, not because of works but because of Him who calls,
• Romans 10:5For Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on law shall live by that righteousness.
• Romans 11:6But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace.
• Galatians 2:16nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified.
• Romans 7:21I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good.
• Romans 8:2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of 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