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 set forth Yeshua as an atonement, through faith in His blood, to show His righteousness in passing over sins already committed. 26Through God’s forbearance, He demonstrates His righteousness at the present time—that He Himself is just and also the justifier of the one who puts his trust in Yeshua. Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. By what principle? Of works? No, but by the principle of faith. 28For we consider a person to be set right apart from Torah observance. 29Is God the God of the Jewish people only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the 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 Torah says, it says to those within the Torah, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become accountable to God.
• Romans 2:17But if you call yourself Jewish and rely upon the Torah and boast in God
• Romans 4:2For if Abraham was set right by works, he has something to boast about—but not before God.
• Ezekiel 16:62So I will establish My covenant with you, and you will know that I am Adonai.
• Ezekiel 36:31When you remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good, you will be disgusted with yourselves because of your iniquities and your abominations.
• Zephaniah 3:11On that day you will not be ashamed because of all your deeds by which you rebelled against Me. For then I will remove from your midst your proud, arrogant ones, and you will never again be haughty on My holy mountain.
• Luke 18:9Then Yeshua spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, while holding others in contempt.
• 1 Corinthians 1:29so that no human might boast before God.
• 1 Corinthians 4:7For who makes you different? And what do you have that you did not receive? But 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 this is not from yourselves—it is the gift of God.
• Romans 9:11Yet before the sons were even born and had not done anything good or bad—so that God’s purpose and choice might stand not because of works but because of Him who calls—
• Romans 10:5For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on Torah, “The man who does these things shall live by them.”
• Romans 11:6But if it is by grace, it is no longer by works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
• Galatians 2:16Yet we know that a person is set right not by deeds based on Torah, but rather through putting trust in Messiah Yeshua. So even we have put our trust in Messiah Yeshua, in order that we might be set right based on trust in Messiah and not by deeds based on Torah—because no human will be justified by deeds based on Torah.
• Romans 7:21So I find 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 Messiah Yeshua 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

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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