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

25God publicly displayed him at his death as the mercy seat accessible through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because God in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed. 26This was also to demonstrate his righteousness in the present time, so that he would be just and the justifier of the one who lives because of Jesus’ faithfulness. Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded! By what principle? Of works? No, but by the principle of faith! 28For we consider that a person is declared righteous by faith apart from the works of the law. 29Or is God the God of the Jews only? Is he not the God of the Gentiles too? Yes, of the Gentiles too!

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 says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced 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 of your relationship to God
• Romans 4:2For if Abraham was declared righteous by the works of the law, he has something to boast about – but not before God.
• Ezekiel 16:62I will establish my covenant with you, and then you will know that I am the Lord.
• Ezekiel 36:31Then you will remember your evil behavior and your deeds which were not good; you will loathe yourselves on account of your sins and your abominable deeds.
• Zephaniah 3:11In that day you will not be ashamed of all your rebelliousness against me, for then I will remove from your midst those who proudly boast, and you will never again be arrogant on my holy hill.
• Luke 18:9Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else.
• 1 Corinthians 1:29so that no one can boast in his presence.
• 1 Corinthians 4:7For who concedes you any superiority? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as though you did not?
• Ephesians 2:8For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;
• Romans 9:11even before they were born or had done anything good or bad (so that God’s purpose in election would stand, not by works but by his calling) –
• Romans 10:5For Moses writes about the righteousness that is by the law: “The one who does these things will live by them.”
• Romans 11:6And if it is by grace, it is no longer by works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
• Galatians 2:16yet we know that no one is justified by the works of the law but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by the faithfulness of Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.
• Romans 7:21So, I find the law that when I want to do good, evil is present with me.
• Romans 8:2For the law of the life-giving Spirit in Christ Jesus has set you free 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

Topics related to Romans 3:27

• Boasting
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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