Romans 3:28

We maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

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WEBBE

We maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

BSB

For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.

KJV

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

ASV

We reckon therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

BBE

For this reason, then, a man may get righteousness by faith without the works of the law.

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λογιζόμεθα logizometha We reckon G3049 γὰρ gar therefore G1063 δικαιοῦσθαι dikaiousthai to be justified G1344 πίστει pistei by faith G4102 ἄνθρωπον anthrōpon a man G444 χωρὶς chōris apart from G5565 ἔργων ergōn works G2041 νόμου nomou of the Law G3551

The early church

"Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the Law." When he had shown that by faith they were superior to the Jews, then he goes on with great confidence to discourse upon it also, and what seemed therein to annoy he again heals up. For these two things were what confused the Jews; one, if it were possible for men, who with works were not saved, to be saved without them, and another, if it were just for the uncircumcised to enjoy the same blessings with those, who had during so long a period been nurtured in the Law; which last confused them more by far than the former. And on this ground having proved the former, he goes on to the other next, which perplexed the Jews so far, that they even complained on account of this position against Peter after they believed. What does he say then? "Therefore we conclude, that by faith a man is justified." He does not say, a Jew, or one under the Law, but after leading forth his discourse into a large room, and opening the doors of faith to the world, he says "a man," the name common to our race.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Romans

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 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, but forming the relation between Christ and the sinner, which renders it proper that the believer should be pardoned and justified for the sake of the Saviour, and that the unbeliever who is not thus united or related to him, should remain under condemnation. The law is still of use to convince us of what is past, and to direct us for the future. Though we cannot be saved by it as a covenant, yet we own and submit to it, as a rule in the hand of the Mediator.

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