Romans 3:20-21 NASB,NASB

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 3:20

20. Therefore by the deeds of—obedience to the law there shall no flesh be justified—that is, be held and treated as righteous; as is plain from the whole scope and strain of the argument. in his sight—at His bar (Psalms 143:2). for by the law is the knowledge of sin—(See on Psalms 143:2- :; Psalms 143:2- :; and Psalms 143:2- :). Note, How broad and deep does the apostle in this section lay the foundations of his great doctrine of Justification by free grace—in the disorder of man's whole... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 3:21

21-23. But now the righteousness of God—(See on :-). without the law—that is, a righteousness to which our obedience to the law contributes nothing whatever (Romans 3:28; Galatians 2:16). is manifested, being witnessed—attested. by the law and the prophets—the Old Testament Scriptures. Thus this justifying righteousness, though new, as only now fully disclosed, is an old righteousness, predicted and foreshadowed in the Old Testament. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 3:9-20

C. The guilt of all humanity 3:9-20Having now proven all people, Jews and Gentiles, under God’s wrath, Paul drove the final nail in mankind’s spiritual coffin by citing Scriptural proof. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 3:18-20

II. THE NEED FOR GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS 1:18-3:20Paul began his explanation of the gospel by demonstrating that there is a universal need for it. Every human being needs to trust in Jesus Christ because everyone lacks the righteousness that God requires before He will accept us."Paul implicitly acknowledges that Romans 1:18 to Romans 3:20 is an interruption in his exposition of the righteousness of God by reprising Romans 1:17 in Romans 3:21 . . . Some think that the ’revelation of God’s wrath’ is... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 3:19-20

Paul added that, whatever the law (here the Old Testament) says, it addresses to those involved in it, namely, all the Jews. He wrote this to take the ground out from under a Jewish reader who might try to say that the passages just quoted refer only to the Godless. The result of its condemnation is that no one will be able to open his mouth in his own defense (cf. Revelation 20:11-14). "All the world" describes all of humanity again."Probably Paul is using an implicit ’from the greater to the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 3:21

III. THE IMPUTATION OF GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS 3:21-5:21In beginning the next section of his argument Paul returned to the major subject of this epistle, the righteousness of God (Romans 3:21; cf. Romans 1:17). He also repeated the need for faith (Romans 3:22; cf. Romans 1:16) and summarized his point that everyone is guilty before God (Romans 3:22; cf. Romans 1:18 to Romans 3:20). This brief recapitulation introduces his explanation of the salvation that God provides for guilty sinners that... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 3:21-26

A. The description of justification 3:21-26Paul began by explaining the concept of justification. [Note: See Carl F. H. Henry, "Justification: A Doctrine in Crisis," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 38:1 (March 1995):57-65, for discussion of the crisis that Protestant Catholic rapprochement poses for the doctrine of justification.] "We now come to the unfolding of that word which Paul in Chapter One declares to be the very heart of the gospel . . ." [Note: Newell, p. 92.] read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Romans 3:21

3:21 without (n-3) 'Apart from.' see Hebrews 9:28 . God (o-7) See Note, ch. 1.17. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 3:1-31

The New Way of Acceptance with GodIn Romans 1, 2 St. Paul has shown that both Gentile and Jew have sinned wilfully, and are under God’s condemnation. He now digresses to Jewish objections against the gospel, which he had, no doubt, heard urged in synagogues (Romans 3:1-8). Returning to the main subject, he clinches his indictment of the Jew out of the Scriptures, and concludes that all the world is ’under the judgment of God’ (Romans 3:9-20).Having thus shown that man is sinful and lost, he now... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 3:9-20

(9-20) Once more the argument returns to the main track, and at last the Apostle asserts distinctly and categorically what he had already proved indirectly, that the Jew is every whit as bad as the Gentile. read more

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 3:20

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 3:21

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 3:9-20

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 3:18-20

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 3:19-20

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 3:21

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 3:21-26

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Romans 3:21

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 3:1-31

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 3:9-20

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