Romans 3:20-21 KJV,ASV

Geneva Study Bible - Romans 3:21

3:21 {7} But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;(7) "Therefore", says the apostle, "so that men would not perish, God now exhibits that which he promised from ancient time, that is to say, a way by which we may be instituted and saved before him without the law." read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 3:1-31

What Advantage Has the Jew? Since God requires subjection of heart from the Jew, and at the same time honors a like subjection of heart in the Gentiles, the question arises, "What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?" What value is there in the very institution of the system of Judaism - instituted, in fact, by God Himself? It is answered plainly, "Much every way: chiefly that unto them were committed the oracles of God." There is no argument here that this... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Romans 3:1-20

MAN LOST BY NATURE We saw in the last lesson that man if he would be saved must become righteous before God, and the righteousness which alone satisfies Him is that which he Himself supplies. We now learn what man’s condition is which makes this a necessity. In other words this lesson, constituting the second general division of the epistle, (1) gives us a Divine declaration about sin (Romans 1:18-21 ); (2) shows it to be punitive and degenerative in its effects (Romans 1:22-23 ); and (3)... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Romans 3:21-31

THE GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS If a righteousness were not obtainable by the words of the law as we saw in our last lesson, then a Jew especially might well ask in surprise how it were obtainable. To which the apostle replies, that “now apart from the law a righteousness of God is manifested,” (Romans 3:21 RV), i.e., a righteousness which may become man’s without the keeping of the law. This righteousness he describes as: “Witnessed by the law and the prophets,” in other words, taught in the Old... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Romans 3:1-31

The Law of Faith Romans 3:0 What advantage then hath the Jew? ( Rom 3:1 ). Somebody must have an advantage. All men cannot begin at the same point. What is the advantage which God has allotted to some? Is it a vital difference, or is it only an initial privilege, carrying with it a great responsibility, and meant to be shared by all the world? Is God a partisan, a darling-maker? Has he made some men to be saved, and others to be damned? The Apostle undertakes to discuss these great questions,... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Romans 3:5-20

But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? I (speak as a man) (6) God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world? (7) For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner? (8) And not (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just. (NOTE: For Romans 3:5-8 see end) But if our... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Romans 3:21-26

But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; (22) Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: (23) For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (24) Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: (25) Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Romans 3:20

To the end of this chapter, the apostle shews that the Jews cannot be truly justified, and sanctified by the works of the written law of Moses only; that a knowledge of sin, or of what is sinful, came by the law, but if they did not comply with the precepts of the law, this knowledge made them more guilty. Now, at the coming of Christ, the justice of God, that is, the justice by which he made others just, and justified them, cannot be had without faith in Christ, and by the grace of our... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Romans 3:19-20

19,20 It is in vain to seek for justification by the works of the law. All must plead guilty. Guilty before God, is a dreadful word; but no man can be justified by a law which condemns him for breaking it. The corruption in our nature, will for ever stop any justification by our own works. read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Romans 3:21-26

21-26 Must guilty man remain under wrath? Is the wound for ever incurable? No; blessed be God, there is another way laid open for us. This is the righteousness of God; righteousness of his ordaining, and providing, and accepting. It is by that faith which has Jesus Christ for its object; an anointed Saviour, so Jesus Christ signifies. Justifying faith respects Christ as a Saviour, in all his three anointed offices, as Prophet, Priest, and King; trusting in him, accepting him, and cleaving to... read more

Geneva Study Bible - Romans 3:21

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 3:1-31

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Romans 3:1-20

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Romans 3:21-31

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Romans 3:1-31

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Romans 3:5-20

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Romans 3:21-26

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Romans 3:20

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Romans 3:19-20

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Romans 3:21-26

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