27Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
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For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.
Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
That no flesh should glory in his presence. …
Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 19-31)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; and which he lays down (Rom. 3:28) as the summary of his discourse, with a quod erat demonstrandum—which was to be demonstrated. We conclude that a man is justified by faith, without the deeds of th…
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