Romans 3:20 For no person will be justified [freed of guilt and declared righteous] in His sight by [trying to do] the works of the Law. For through the Law we become co...

3:20 AMP

Parallel Verses

Amplified Bible - For no person will be justified [freed of guilt and declared righteous] in His sight by [trying to do] the works of the Law. For through the Law we become conscious of sin [and the recognition of sin directs us toward repentance, but provides no remedy for sin].
新标点和合本 - 所以凡有血气的，没有一个因行律法能在　神面前称义，因为律法本是叫人知罪。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 所以，凡血肉之躯没有一个能因律法的行为而在上帝面前称义，因为律法本是要人认识罪。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 所以，凡血肉之躯没有一个能因律法的行为而在　神面前称义，因为律法本是要人认识罪。
当代译本 - 因为无人能够靠遵行律法被上帝称为义人，律法的本意是要使人知罪。
圣经新译本 - 没有一个人可以靠行律法，在　神面前得称为义，因为藉着律法，人对于罪才有充分的认识。
中文标准译本 - 因为没有一个人本于律法上的行为在神面前被称为义；原来，藉着律法，只能对罪有真正的认识。
现代标点和合本 - 所以凡有血气的，没有一个因行律法能在神面前称义，因为律法本是叫人知罪。
和合本（拼音版） - 所以凡有血气的，没有一个因行律法能在上帝面前称义，因为律法本是叫人知罪。
New International Version - Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.
New International Reader's Version - So no one will be considered right with God by obeying the law. Instead, the law makes us more aware of our sin.
English Standard Version - For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
New Living Translation - For no one can ever be made right with God by doing what the law commands. The law simply shows us how sinful we are.
Christian Standard Bible - For no one will be justified in his sight by the works of the law, because the knowledge of sin comes through the law.
New American Standard Bible - because by the works of the Law none of mankind will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes knowledge of sin.
New King James Version - Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
American Standard Version - because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law cometh the knowledge of sin.
King James Version - 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.
New English Translation - For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
World English Bible - Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
新標點和合本 - 所以凡有血氣的，沒有一個因行律法能在神面前稱義，因為律法本是叫人知罪。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 所以，凡血肉之軀沒有一個能因律法的行為而在上帝面前稱義，因為律法本是要人認識罪。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 所以，凡血肉之軀沒有一個能因律法的行為而在　神面前稱義，因為律法本是要人認識罪。
當代譯本 - 因為無人能夠靠遵行律法被上帝稱為義人，律法的本意是要使人知罪。
聖經新譯本 - 沒有一個人可以靠行律法，在　神面前得稱為義，因為藉著律法，人對於罪才有充分的認識。
呂振中譯本 - 所以血肉人在上帝面前、都不能由律法上的行為得稱為義：因為由於律法、人才認識罪。
中文標準譯本 - 因為沒有一個人本於律法上的行為在神面前被稱為義；原來，藉著律法，只能對罪有真正的認識。
現代標點和合本 - 所以凡有血氣的，沒有一個因行律法能在神面前稱義，因為律法本是叫人知罪。
文理和合譯本 - 蓋於上帝前、無人因行律見義、第由律知罪耳、○
文理委辦譯本 - 蓋恃法而行者、無人得稱義於上帝前、法第使人知罪耳、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 故無人由遵行律法、得稱義於天主前、蓋由律法可知罪耳、○
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 蓋徒恃遵行律法、無人能稱義於天主之前；惟因法而知罪耳。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Por tanto, nadie será justificado en presencia de Dios por hacer las obras que exige la ley; más bien, mediante la ley cobramos conciencia del pecado.
현대인의 성경 - 그래서 율법을 지키는 것으로는 하나님 앞에서 아무도 의롭다는 인정을 받을 수가 없습니다. 율법은 다만 우리가 죄인이라는 사실을 깨닫게 하는 것뿐입니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Никто не будет оправдан перед Ним соблюдением Закона. Через Закон приходит лишь осознание нашего греха.
Восточный перевод - Никто не будет оправдан перед Ним соблюдением Закона . Через Закон приходит лишь осознание нашего греха.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Никто не будет оправдан перед Ним соблюдением Закона . Через Закон приходит лишь осознание нашего греха.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Никто не будет оправдан перед Ним соблюдением Закона . Через Закон приходит лишь осознание нашего греха.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Car personne ne sera déclaré juste devant lui parce qu’il aura accompli les œuvres demandées par la Loi. En effet, la Loi produit seulement la connaissance du péché.
リビングバイブル - おわかりでしょうか。律法の命じることを行って、神に正しい者と認められようとしてもむだです。私たちは律法を深く知れば知るほど、自分が従っていないことが明らかになるのです。律法は私たちに、自分が罪人であることを自覚させるのです。
Nestle Aland 28 - διότι ἐξ ἔργων νόμου οὐ δικαιωθήσεται πᾶσα σὰρξ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, διὰ γὰρ νόμου ἐπίγνωσις ἁμαρτίας.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - διότι ἐξ ἔργων νόμου, οὐ δικαιωθήσεται πᾶσα σὰρξ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ; διὰ γὰρ νόμου ἐπίγνωσις ἁμαρτίας.
Nova Versão Internacional - Portanto, ninguém será declarado justo diante dele baseando-se na obediência à Lei, pois é mediante a Lei que nos tornamos plenamente conscientes do pecado.
Hoffnung für alle - Denn kein Mensch wird jemals vor Gott bestehen, indem er die Gebote erfüllt. Das Gesetz zeigt uns vielmehr unsere Sünde auf.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chiếu theo luật pháp, chẳng ai được kể là công chính, vô tội trước mặt Đức Chúa Trời, vì luật pháp chỉ giúp con người biết mình có tội.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ฉะนั้นไม่มีใครได้ชื่อว่าเป็นผู้ชอบธรรมในสายพระเนตรของพระเจ้าโดยการรักษาบทบัญญัติ บทบัญญัติเพียงแต่ทำให้เรารู้ตัวว่ามีบาป
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ฉะนั้นจะไม่มีผู้ใดที่ถูกนับว่า มีความชอบธรรมในสายตาของพระองค์โดยการปฏิบัติตามกฎบัญญัติ ด้วยกฎบัญญัตินั้นเองจึงทำให้เรารู้สำนึกบาป

Cross Reference

Job 25:4 - How then can man be justified and righteous with God? Or how can he who is born of a woman be pure and clean?
Job 25:5 - Behold, even the moon has no brightness [compared to God’s majesty and glory] And the stars are not pure in His sight,
James 2:9 - But if you show partiality [prejudice, favoritism], you are committing sin and are convicted by the Law as offenders.
James 2:10 - For whoever keeps the whole Law but stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of [breaking] all of it.
Job 15:15 - Behold, God puts no trust in His holy ones (angels); Indeed, the heavens are not pure in His sight—
Romans 2:13 - For it is not those who merely hear the Law [as it is read aloud] who are just or righteous before God, but it is those who [actually] obey the Law who will be justified [pronounced free of the guilt of sin and declared acceptable to Him].
Psalms 130:3 - If You, Lord, should keep an account of our sins and treat us accordingly, O Lord, who could stand [before you in judgment and claim innocence]?
James 2:20 - But are you willing to recognize, you foolish [spiritually shallow] person, that faith without [good] works is useless?
James 2:21 - Was our father Abraham not [shown to be] justified by works [of obedience which expressed his faith] when he offered Isaac his son on the altar [as a sacrifice to God]?
James 2:22 - You see that [his] faith was working together with his works, and as a result of the works, his faith was completed [reaching its maturity when he expressed his faith through obedience].
James 2:23 - And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and this [faith] was credited to him [by God] as righteousness and as conformity to His will,” and he was called the friend of God.
James 2:24 - You see that a man (believer) is justified by works and not by faith alone [that is, by acts of obedience a born-again believer reveals his faith].
James 2:25 - In the same way, was Rahab the prostitute not justified by works too, when she received the [Hebrew] spies as guests and protected them, and sent them away [to escape] by a different route?
James 2:26 - For just as the [human] body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works [of obedience] is also dead.
Romans 5:13 - Sin was [committed] in the world before the Law [was given], but sin is not charged [against anyone] when there is no law [against it].
Galatians 3:10 - For all who depend on the Law [seeking justification and salvation by obedience to the Law and the observance of rituals] are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed (condemned to destruction) is everyone who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law, so as to practice them.”
Galatians 3:11 - Now it is clear that no one is justified [that is, declared free of the guilt of sin and its penalty, and placed in right standing] before God by the Law, for “The righteous (the just, the upright) shall live by faith.”
Galatians 3:12 - But the Law does not rest on or require faith [it has nothing to do with faith], but [instead, the Law] says, “He who practices them [the things prescribed by the Law] shall live by them [instead of faith].”
Galatians 3:13 - Christ purchased our freedom and redeemed us from the curse of the Law and its condemnation by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs [crucified] on a tree (cross)”—
Psalms 143:2 - And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For in Your sight no man living is righteous or justified.
Romans 7:7 - What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, if it had not been for the Law, I would not have recognized sin. For I would not have known [for example] about coveting [what belongs to another, and would have had no sense of guilt] if the Law had not [repeatedly] said, “You shall not covet.”
Romans 7:8 - But sin, finding an opportunity through the commandment [to express itself] produced in me every kind of coveting and selfish desire. For without the Law sin is dead [the recognition of sin is inactive].
Romans 7:9 - I was once alive without [knowledge of] the Law; but when the commandment came [and I understood its meaning], sin became alive and I died [since the Law sentenced me to death].
Titus 3:5 - He saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we have done, but because of His own compassion and mercy, by the cleansing of the new birth (spiritual transformation, regeneration) and renewing by the Holy Spirit,
Titus 3:6 - whom He poured out richly upon us through Jesus Christ our Savior,
Titus 3:7 - so that we would be justified [made free of the guilt of sin] by His [compassionate, undeserved] grace, and that we would be [acknowledged as acceptable to Him and] made heirs of eternal life [actually experiencing it] according to our hope (His guarantee).
Galatians 5:4 - You have been severed from Christ, if you seek to be justified [that is, declared free of the guilt of sin and its penalty, and placed in right standing with God] through the Law; you have fallen from grace [for you have lost your grasp on God’s unmerited favor and blessing].
Ephesians 2:8 - For it is by grace [God’s remarkable compassion and favor drawing you to Christ] that you have been saved [actually delivered from judgment and given eternal life] through faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [not through your own effort], but it is the [undeserved, gracious] gift of God;
Ephesians 2:9 - not as a result of [your] works [nor your attempts to keep the Law], so that no one will [be able to] boast or take credit in any way [for his salvation].
Romans 4:13 - For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would be heir of the world was not through [observing the requirements of] the Law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Romans 5:20 - But the Law came to increase and expand [the awareness of] the trespass [by defining and unmasking sin]. But where sin increased, [God’s remarkable, gracious gift of] grace [His unmerited favor] has surpassed it and increased all the more,
Romans 9:32 - And why not? Because it was not by faith [that they pursued it], but as though it were by works [relying on the merit of their works instead of their faith]. They stumbled over the stumbling Stone [Jesus Christ].
Galatians 2:19 - For through the Law I died to the Law and its demands on me [because salvation is provided through the death and resurrection of Christ], so that I might [from now on] live to God.
Romans 4:15 - For the Law results in [God’s] wrath [against sin], but where there is no law, there is no violation [of it either].
Romans 3:28 - For we maintain that an individual is justified by faith distinctly apart from works of the Law [the observance of which has nothing to do with justification, that is, being declared free of the guilt of sin and made acceptable to God].
Acts 13:39 - and through Him everyone who believes [who acknowledges Jesus as Lord and Savior and follows Him] is justified and declared free of guilt from all things, from which you could not be justified and freed of guilt through the Law of Moses.
Galatians 2:16 - yet we know that a man is not justified [and placed in right standing with God] by works of the Law, but [only] through faith in [God’s beloved Son,] Christ Jesus. And even we [as Jews] have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the Law. By observing the Law no one will ever be justified [declared free of the guilt of sin and its penalty].

Parallel Verses

Cross Reference

Amplified Bible - For no person will be justified [freed of guilt and declared righteous] in His sight by [trying to do] the works of the Law. For through the Law we become conscious of sin [and the recognition of sin directs us toward repentance, but provides no remedy for sin].
新标点和合本 - 所以凡有血气的，没有一个因行律法能在　神面前称义，因为律法本是叫人知罪。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 所以，凡血肉之躯没有一个能因律法的行为而在上帝面前称义，因为律法本是要人认识罪。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 所以，凡血肉之躯没有一个能因律法的行为而在　神面前称义，因为律法本是要人认识罪。
当代译本 - 因为无人能够靠遵行律法被上帝称为义人，律法的本意是要使人知罪。
圣经新译本 - 没有一个人可以靠行律法，在　神面前得称为义，因为藉着律法，人对于罪才有充分的认识。
中文标准译本 - 因为没有一个人本于律法上的行为在神面前被称为义；原来，藉着律法，只能对罪有真正的认识。
现代标点和合本 - 所以凡有血气的，没有一个因行律法能在神面前称义，因为律法本是叫人知罪。
和合本（拼音版） - 所以凡有血气的，没有一个因行律法能在上帝面前称义，因为律法本是叫人知罪。
New International Version - Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.
New International Reader's Version - So no one will be considered right with God by obeying the law. Instead, the law makes us more aware of our sin.
English Standard Version - For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
New Living Translation - For no one can ever be made right with God by doing what the law commands. The law simply shows us how sinful we are.
Christian Standard Bible - For no one will be justified in his sight by the works of the law, because the knowledge of sin comes through the law.
New American Standard Bible - because by the works of the Law none of mankind will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes knowledge of sin.
New King James Version - Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
American Standard Version - because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law cometh the knowledge of sin.
King James Version - 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.
New English Translation - For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
World English Bible - Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
新標點和合本 - 所以凡有血氣的，沒有一個因行律法能在神面前稱義，因為律法本是叫人知罪。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 所以，凡血肉之軀沒有一個能因律法的行為而在上帝面前稱義，因為律法本是要人認識罪。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 所以，凡血肉之軀沒有一個能因律法的行為而在　神面前稱義，因為律法本是要人認識罪。
當代譯本 - 因為無人能夠靠遵行律法被上帝稱為義人，律法的本意是要使人知罪。
聖經新譯本 - 沒有一個人可以靠行律法，在　神面前得稱為義，因為藉著律法，人對於罪才有充分的認識。
呂振中譯本 - 所以血肉人在上帝面前、都不能由律法上的行為得稱為義：因為由於律法、人才認識罪。
中文標準譯本 - 因為沒有一個人本於律法上的行為在神面前被稱為義；原來，藉著律法，只能對罪有真正的認識。
現代標點和合本 - 所以凡有血氣的，沒有一個因行律法能在神面前稱義，因為律法本是叫人知罪。
文理和合譯本 - 蓋於上帝前、無人因行律見義、第由律知罪耳、○
文理委辦譯本 - 蓋恃法而行者、無人得稱義於上帝前、法第使人知罪耳、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 故無人由遵行律法、得稱義於天主前、蓋由律法可知罪耳、○
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 蓋徒恃遵行律法、無人能稱義於天主之前；惟因法而知罪耳。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Por tanto, nadie será justificado en presencia de Dios por hacer las obras que exige la ley; más bien, mediante la ley cobramos conciencia del pecado.
현대인의 성경 - 그래서 율법을 지키는 것으로는 하나님 앞에서 아무도 의롭다는 인정을 받을 수가 없습니다. 율법은 다만 우리가 죄인이라는 사실을 깨닫게 하는 것뿐입니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Никто не будет оправдан перед Ним соблюдением Закона. Через Закон приходит лишь осознание нашего греха.
Восточный перевод - Никто не будет оправдан перед Ним соблюдением Закона . Через Закон приходит лишь осознание нашего греха.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Никто не будет оправдан перед Ним соблюдением Закона . Через Закон приходит лишь осознание нашего греха.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Никто не будет оправдан перед Ним соблюдением Закона . Через Закон приходит лишь осознание нашего греха.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Car personne ne sera déclaré juste devant lui parce qu’il aura accompli les œuvres demandées par la Loi. En effet, la Loi produit seulement la connaissance du péché.
リビングバイブル - おわかりでしょうか。律法の命じることを行って、神に正しい者と認められようとしてもむだです。私たちは律法を深く知れば知るほど、自分が従っていないことが明らかになるのです。律法は私たちに、自分が罪人であることを自覚させるのです。
Nestle Aland 28 - διότι ἐξ ἔργων νόμου οὐ δικαιωθήσεται πᾶσα σὰρξ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, διὰ γὰρ νόμου ἐπίγνωσις ἁμαρτίας.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - διότι ἐξ ἔργων νόμου, οὐ δικαιωθήσεται πᾶσα σὰρξ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ; διὰ γὰρ νόμου ἐπίγνωσις ἁμαρτίας.
Nova Versão Internacional - Portanto, ninguém será declarado justo diante dele baseando-se na obediência à Lei, pois é mediante a Lei que nos tornamos plenamente conscientes do pecado.
Hoffnung für alle - Denn kein Mensch wird jemals vor Gott bestehen, indem er die Gebote erfüllt. Das Gesetz zeigt uns vielmehr unsere Sünde auf.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chiếu theo luật pháp, chẳng ai được kể là công chính, vô tội trước mặt Đức Chúa Trời, vì luật pháp chỉ giúp con người biết mình có tội.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ฉะนั้นไม่มีใครได้ชื่อว่าเป็นผู้ชอบธรรมในสายพระเนตรของพระเจ้าโดยการรักษาบทบัญญัติ บทบัญญัติเพียงแต่ทำให้เรารู้ตัวว่ามีบาป
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ฉะนั้นจะไม่มีผู้ใดที่ถูกนับว่า มีความชอบธรรมในสายตาของพระองค์โดยการปฏิบัติตามกฎบัญญัติ ด้วยกฎบัญญัตินั้นเองจึงทำให้เรารู้สำนึกบาป

Job 25:4 - How then can man be justified and righteous with God? Or how can he who is born of a woman be pure and clean?
Job 25:5 - Behold, even the moon has no brightness [compared to God’s majesty and glory] And the stars are not pure in His sight,
James 2:9 - But if you show partiality [prejudice, favoritism], you are committing sin and are convicted by the Law as offenders.
James 2:10 - For whoever keeps the whole Law but stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of [breaking] all of it.
Job 15:15 - Behold, God puts no trust in His holy ones (angels); Indeed, the heavens are not pure in His sight—
Romans 2:13 - For it is not those who merely hear the Law [as it is read aloud] who are just or righteous before God, but it is those who [actually] obey the Law who will be justified [pronounced free of the guilt of sin and declared acceptable to Him].
Psalms 130:3 - If You, Lord, should keep an account of our sins and treat us accordingly, O Lord, who could stand [before you in judgment and claim innocence]?
James 2:20 - But are you willing to recognize, you foolish [spiritually shallow] person, that faith without [good] works is useless?
James 2:21 - Was our father Abraham not [shown to be] justified by works [of obedience which expressed his faith] when he offered Isaac his son on the altar [as a sacrifice to God]?
James 2:22 - You see that [his] faith was working together with his works, and as a result of the works, his faith was completed [reaching its maturity when he expressed his faith through obedience].
James 2:23 - And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and this [faith] was credited to him [by God] as righteousness and as conformity to His will,” and he was called the friend of God.
James 2:24 - You see that a man (believer) is justified by works and not by faith alone [that is, by acts of obedience a born-again believer reveals his faith].
James 2:25 - In the same way, was Rahab the prostitute not justified by works too, when she received the [Hebrew] spies as guests and protected them, and sent them away [to escape] by a different route?
James 2:26 - For just as the [human] body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works [of obedience] is also dead.
Romans 5:13 - Sin was [committed] in the world before the Law [was given], but sin is not charged [against anyone] when there is no law [against it].
Galatians 3:10 - For all who depend on the Law [seeking justification and salvation by obedience to the Law and the observance of rituals] are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed (condemned to destruction) is everyone who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law, so as to practice them.”
Galatians 3:11 - Now it is clear that no one is justified [that is, declared free of the guilt of sin and its penalty, and placed in right standing] before God by the Law, for “The righteous (the just, the upright) shall live by faith.”
Galatians 3:12 - But the Law does not rest on or require faith [it has nothing to do with faith], but [instead, the Law] says, “He who practices them [the things prescribed by the Law] shall live by them [instead of faith].”
Galatians 3:13 - Christ purchased our freedom and redeemed us from the curse of the Law and its condemnation by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs [crucified] on a tree (cross)”—
Psalms 143:2 - And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For in Your sight no man living is righteous or justified.
Romans 7:7 - What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, if it had not been for the Law, I would not have recognized sin. For I would not have known [for example] about coveting [what belongs to another, and would have had no sense of guilt] if the Law had not [repeatedly] said, “You shall not covet.”
Romans 7:8 - But sin, finding an opportunity through the commandment [to express itself] produced in me every kind of coveting and selfish desire. For without the Law sin is dead [the recognition of sin is inactive].
Romans 7:9 - I was once alive without [knowledge of] the Law; but when the commandment came [and I understood its meaning], sin became alive and I died [since the Law sentenced me to death].
Titus 3:5 - He saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we have done, but because of His own compassion and mercy, by the cleansing of the new birth (spiritual transformation, regeneration) and renewing by the Holy Spirit,
Titus 3:6 - whom He poured out richly upon us through Jesus Christ our Savior,
Titus 3:7 - so that we would be justified [made free of the guilt of sin] by His [compassionate, undeserved] grace, and that we would be [acknowledged as acceptable to Him and] made heirs of eternal life [actually experiencing it] according to our hope (His guarantee).
Galatians 5:4 - You have been severed from Christ, if you seek to be justified [that is, declared free of the guilt of sin and its penalty, and placed in right standing with God] through the Law; you have fallen from grace [for you have lost your grasp on God’s unmerited favor and blessing].
Ephesians 2:8 - For it is by grace [God’s remarkable compassion and favor drawing you to Christ] that you have been saved [actually delivered from judgment and given eternal life] through faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [not through your own effort], but it is the [undeserved, gracious] gift of God;
Ephesians 2:9 - not as a result of [your] works [nor your attempts to keep the Law], so that no one will [be able to] boast or take credit in any way [for his salvation].
Romans 4:13 - For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would be heir of the world was not through [observing the requirements of] the Law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Romans 5:20 - But the Law came to increase and expand [the awareness of] the trespass [by defining and unmasking sin]. But where sin increased, [God’s remarkable, gracious gift of] grace [His unmerited favor] has surpassed it and increased all the more,
Romans 9:32 - And why not? Because it was not by faith [that they pursued it], but as though it were by works [relying on the merit of their works instead of their faith]. They stumbled over the stumbling Stone [Jesus Christ].
Galatians 2:19 - For through the Law I died to the Law and its demands on me [because salvation is provided through the death and resurrection of Christ], so that I might [from now on] live to God.
Romans 4:15 - For the Law results in [God’s] wrath [against sin], but where there is no law, there is no violation [of it either].
Romans 3:28 - For we maintain that an individual is justified by faith distinctly apart from works of the Law [the observance of which has nothing to do with justification, that is, being declared free of the guilt of sin and made acceptable to God].
Acts 13:39 - and through Him everyone who believes [who acknowledges Jesus as Lord and Savior and follows Him] is justified and declared free of guilt from all things, from which you could not be justified and freed of guilt through the Law of Moses.
Galatians 2:16 - yet we know that a man is not justified [and placed in right standing with God] by works of the Law, but [only] through faith in [God’s beloved Son,] Christ Jesus. And even we [as Jews] have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the Law. By observing the Law no one will ever be justified [declared free of the guilt of sin and its penalty].