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NASB | Romans 3:27 ¶ Where then is boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 3:27 ¶ Then what becomes of [our] boasting? It is excluded [entirely ruled out, banished]. On what principle? On [the principle of good] works? No, but on the principle of faith. |
Subject: A Law of Faith - Romans 3:27 |
Bible Note: What does "a law of faith" mean? "Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith." (Romans 3:27, KJV) Commentary: Romans 3:27: "(11) An argument to prove this conclusion, that we are justified by faith without works, taken from the result of justification. The result of justification is the glory of God alone: therefore we are justified by faith without works: for if we were justified either by our own works alone, or partly by faith and partly by works, the glory of this justification would not be wholly given to God. (e) By what doctrine? Now the doctrine of works has this condition attached to it, that is, "if you do", and the doctrine of faith has this condition, that is, "if you believe"." (Geneva Bible Translation Notes) (*) "The law of faith. The rule, or arrangement which proclaims that we have no merit; that we are lost sinners; and that we are to be justified only by faith." (Barnes New Testament Notes) (*) "Romans 3:27: Where is the boasting then of the Jew against the gentile? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay - This would have left room for boasting. But by the law of faith - Since this requires all, without distinction, to apply as guilty and helpless sinners, to the free mercy of God in Christ. The law of faith is that divine constitution which makes faith, not works, the condition of acceptance." (John Wesley's Notes on the Bible) (*) "3, 27-31: People cannot boast of their own holiness, since it is God's free gift (27), both to the Jew who practices circumcision out of faith and to the Gentile who accepts faith without the Old Testament religious culture symbolized by circumcision (29-30)." (1) "3, 27: Principle of faith: literally, "law of faith." Paul is fond of wordplay involving the term "law"; cf Rom 7, 21.23; 8, 2. Since "law" in Greek may also connote "custom" or "principle," his readers and hearers would have sensed no contradiction in the use of the term after the negative statement concerning law in v 20." (1) "3:27 law of faith: Paul uses a wordplay here: The "law," or the standard of God, is commonly associated with "works." But here Paul says that a person can only boast in the standard of God that excludes human "works." This "law" is faith (John 6:28,29). Thus the Jews who were boasting in their knowledge of the law and their adherence to it were silenced by Paul (2:17,23). The law could only condemn them, but God was the One who saved them. Therefore their boast should only be in Him." (2) --Makarios Numerated Sources: (1) pg. 227 [NT], Saint Joseph Edition of The New American Bible, copyright 1992 by Catholic Book Publishing Corp., New York. (2) pg. 1771, NKJV Study Bible, Second Edition, copyright 2007 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. (*) posted with the help of The Sword Project Bible Software (http://www.crosswire.org) |
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