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.
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Gill's Exposition
Being justified freely by his grace,.... The matter of justification is before expressed, and the persons that share in this blessing are described; here the several causes of it are mentioned. The…
Barnes' Notes
By the deeds of the law - By works; or by such deeds as the Law requires. The word “Law” has, in the Scriptures, a great variety of significations. Its strict and proper meaning is, a rule of conduct…
Adam Clarke
Therefore, by the deeds of the law - On the score of obedience to this moral law, there shall no flesh, ου πασα σαρξ, no human being, be justified; none can be accepted in the sight of God. And why?…
From all this Paul infers that it is in vain to look for justification by the works of the law, and that it is to be had only by faith, which is the point he has been all along proving, from Rom 1:17,…
Cambridge Bible
Therefore This verse sums up the great argument begun at Rom 1:18, and more especially that begun at Rom 2:1. The Apostle has laid deep the foundation of the fact of universal and intense sinfulness…
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