Romans 3:20-21 NASB,NASB

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

(20) Therefore.—Rather, because. All mankind alike owe the penalty for their sins. Because not even the Law can protect its votaries. It has no power to justify. All it can do is to expose in its true colours the sinfulness of sin.The proposition is thrown into a general form: not by the works of the (Jewish) Law, but by “works of law”—i.e., by any works done in obedience to any law. Law, in the abstract, as such, is unable to justify. It might perhaps, we gather from later portions of the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 3:21

(21) But now.—In these latter days. The Apostle conceives of the history of the world as divided into periods; the period of the Gospel succeeds that of the Law, and to it the Apostle and his readers belong. (Comp. for this conception of the gospel, as manifested at a particular epoch of time, Romans 16:25-26; Acts 17:30; Galatians 3:23; Galatians 3:25; Galatians 4:3-4; Ephesians 1:10; Ephesians 2:12-13; Colossians 1:21; Colossians 1:26; 1 Timothy 2:6; 2 Timothy 1:10; Hebrews 1:1; 1 Peter... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 3:21-22

(21-22) Such was the condition of the world up to the coming of Christ. But now, in contrast with the previous state of things, a new system has appeared upon the scene. In this system law is entirely put on one side, though the system itself was anticipated in and is attested by those very writings in which the Law was embodied. Law is now superseded, the great end of the Law, the introduction of righteousness, being accomplished in another way, viz., through faith in Christ, by which a state... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 3:21-26

(21-26) This then introduces the solemn enunciation, repeated more fully from Romans 1:16-17, of the great subject of the Epistle, the declaration of that new scheme by which, through Christ, God had removed the guilt which the Law (whether Jewish or any other) could not remove. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Romans 3:1-31

Romans 3:1-3 'The Jews,' says Heine, 'might well console themselves for the loss of Jerusalem and the Temple, and the Ark of the Covenant, the sacred jewels of the high priest, and the golden vases of Solomon. Such a loss is trifling compared with the Bible that indestructible treasure which they saved.' References. III. 1. H. S. Holland, Vital Values, p. 211. III. 1-8. Bishop Gore, The Epistle to the Romans, p. 114. III. 19. Expositor (5th Series), vol. vi. p. 66. III. 2. Ibid. (4th... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Romans 3:1-20

Chapter 8JEWISH CLAIMS: NO HOPE IN HUMAN MERITRomans 3:1-20As the Apostle dictates, there rises before his mind a figure often seen by his eyes, the Rabbinic disputant. Keen, subtle, unscrupulous, at once eagerly in earnest yet ready to use any argument for victory, how often that adversary had crossed his path, in Syria, in Asia Minor, in Macedonia, in Achaia! He is present now to his consciousness, within the quiet house of Gaius; and his questions come thick and fast, following on this... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Romans 3:21-31

Chapter 9THE ONE WAY OF DIVINE ACCEPTANCERomans 3:21-31So then "there is silence" upon earth, that man may hear the "still, small voice," "the sound of stillness," {1 Kings 19:12} from the heavens. "The Law" has spoken, with its heart-shaking thunder. It has driven in upon the soul of man, from many sides, that one fact-guilt; the eternity of the claim of righteousness, the absoluteness of the holy Will of God, and, in contrast, the failure of man, of the race, to meet that claim and do that... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Romans 3:1-20

CHAPTER 3:1-20 1. Objections and Their Answers. (Romans 3:1-8 .) 2. The Whole World Under Sin. (Romans 3:9-20 .) Romans 3:1-8 A number of objections are next raised and answered. “What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?” Such would be the natural question of the Jew after reading the argument that the Jew is on the same level with the Gentile. This objection is stated here for the first time. It is important, for the Jews are God’s chosen people and as the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Romans 3:21-31

3. The Righteousness of God Revealed. Justification, what it is and what it Includes. Chapter 3:21-5:11. CHAPTER 3:21-31 1. The Righteousness of God Manifested. (Romans 3:21-22 .) 2. Just and Justifier. (Romans 3:23-26 .) 3. Not of Works but of Faith. (Romans 3:27-31 .) Romans 3:21-22 And now God comes forward and manifests His righteousness. Romans 3:21 must be connected with Romans 1:17 . As previously stated chapter 1:18-3.20 is a parenthesis proving all the world destitute of... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Romans 3:20

3:20 Therefore by the {o} deeds of the law there shall no {p} flesh be {q} justified in his {r} sight: for by the law [is] the knowledge of sin.(o) By those deeds by which the law can be done by us.(p) Flesh is here taken for man, as in many other places, and furthermore has greater force here: for it is given to show the contrast between God and man: as if one would say, "Man, who is nothing else but a piece of flesh defiled with sin, and God, who is most pure and most perfect in himself."(q)... read more

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

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 3:21

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 3:21-22

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 3:21-26

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Romans 3:1-31

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Romans 3:1-20

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Romans 3:21-31

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Romans 3:1-20

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Romans 3:21-31

Geneva Study Bible - Romans 3:20

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