"Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law {is} the knowledge of s…" — Romans 3:20

Romans 3:20 · KJV

“Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law {is} the knowledge of sin.”

— Romans 3:20

Verse 19

Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. {guilty...: or, subject to the judgment of God}

Verse 21

But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

Romans 3 — Context

There is no fear of God before their eyes.

Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law {is} the knowledge of sin.

But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

Even the righteousness of God {which is} by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

Cross References

Galatians 2:16

Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

Acts 13:39

And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

Romans 3:28

Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

Galatians 2:19

For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.

Romans 4:15

Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, {there is} no transgression.

Romans 9:32

Wherefore? Because {they sought it} not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;

Romans 5:20

Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:

Romans 4:13

For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, {was} not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.