28Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
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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