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NASB					Rom 3:20 because¹³⁶⁰ ^Aby the works²⁰⁴¹ ¹of the Law³⁵⁵¹ no³⁷⁵⁶^,³⁹⁵⁶ flesh⁴⁵⁶¹ will be justified¹³⁴⁴ in His sight¹⁷⁹⁹; for ² ^Bthrough¹²²³ the Law³⁵⁵¹ comes the knowledge¹⁹²² of sin²⁶⁶.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Rom 3:20 For no ¹person 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].

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Or of law

Or through law

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Lit flesh.

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Ps 143:2 And do not enter into judgment with Your servant,
For in Your sight no man living is righteous.

Rom 4:15 for the Law brings about wrath, but where there is no law, there also is no violation.

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Greek Heb.

266

hamartia; from 264; a sin, failure:--sin(96), sinful(2), sins(75).

1223

dia; a prim. prep.; through, on account of, because of:--account(4), after(2), afterward(1), always*(2), because(111), between*(1), briefly*(1), charge*(1), constantly(1), continually*(6), during(1), forever*(1), gives(1), means(3), over(1), presence(1), reason(40), sake(41), sakes(5), since(1), so then*(1), so*(1), therefore*(16), this reason*(1), this*(1), though(1), through(225), through the agency(1), through*(1), view(2), way(3), what(1), why(3), why*(27).

1344

dikaioô; from 1342; to show to be righteous, declare righteous:--acknowledged...justice(1), acquitted(1), freed(3), justified(24), justifier(1), justifies(2), justify(4), vindicated(3).

1360

dioti; from 1223 and 3754; on the very account that, because, inasmuch as:--because(14), therefore(2).

1799

enôpios; from 1722 and ôps (the eye, face); in sight of, before:--before(46), front(1), presence(20), sight(22).

1922

epignôsis; from 1921; recognition, knowledge:--acknowledge*(1), knowledge(14), real knowledge(1), true knowledge(4).

2041

ergon; from a prim. vb. erdô (to do); work:--action(1), behavior(1), deed(13), deeds(52), doing(1), effectual(1), labor(1), result(1), task(1), what...done(1), work(34), works(62).

3551

nomos; from nemô (to parcel out); that which is assigned, hence usage, law:--Law(193), laws(2), principle(1).

3756

ou,
ouk,
ouch; a prim. word; not, no:--all*(1), any the less(2), before*(1), cannot(1), cannot*(49), certainly*(1), ever*(3), except(1), failed(1), few*(1), great*(1), greatly*(1), impossible*(1), incessantly*(1), kept...a virgin*(1), kept right*(1), long*(1), neither(2), neither*(3), never(6), never*(17), no(147), no*(22), none(4), none*(3), nor(3), nothing(8), nothing*(13), nowhere*(2), number(1), number*(2), only*(5), rather(2), rather than(1), refrain(1), refused*(1), than*(2), unable*(6), unaware*(3), unwilling*(12), unworthy*(1), virgin*(1), without(2), without*(6).

3956

pas; a prim. word; all, every:--all(731), all the things(7), all...things(1), all kinds(1), all men(14), all people(4), all respects(3), all things(126), all*(1), always*(3), any(16), any at all(1), anyone(3), anything(3), anything*(1), continually*(6), entire(4), every(128), every form(1), every kind(9), every respect(1), every way(2), everyone(71), everyone's(1), everyone*(1), everything(45), forever*(1), full(2), great(2), no*(15), none*(1), nothing(1), nothing*(1), one(4), perfectly(1), quite(1), whatever(3), whatever*(1), whoever(7), whole(18).

4561

sarx; a prim. word; flesh:--bodily(1), bodily condition(1), body(2), earth(1), earthly(1), fellow countrymen(1), flesh(129), fleshly(4), life(3), man(1), mankind(1), nation(1), personally(1).

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