Romans 3:28
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
KJV
λογιζόμεθα γὰρ δικαιοῦσθαι πίστει ἄνθρωπον χωρὶς ἔργων νόμου.
Greek NT
Arbitramur enim justificari hominem per fidem sine operibus legis.
Vulgate
We reckon therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.
ASV
For we account a man to be justified by faith, without the works of the law.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δικαιόω
dikaioo
verb · 39×
λογίζομαι
logizomai
verb · 40×
νόμος
nomos
noun · 196×
πίστις
pistis
noun · 243×
χωρίς
choris
adverb · 41×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἔργον
ergon
noun · 169×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: γὰρ | WH/Treg/NIV: γὰρ | RP: οὖν
- γὰρ — SBLGNT
- γὰρ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- οὖν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: δικαιοῦσθαι πίστει | WH/Treg/NIV: δικαιοῦσθαι πίστει | RP: πίστει δικαιοῦσθαι
- δικαιοῦσθαι πίστει — SBLGNT
- δικαιοῦσθαι πίστει — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- πίστει δικαιοῦσθαι — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
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17 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Chapter 12.—To Whose Person the Entreaty for the Promises is to Be Understood to Belong, When He Says in the Psalm, “Where are Thine Ancient Compassions, Lord?” Etc. But the rest of this psalm runs thus: “Where are Thine ancient compassions, Lord, which Thou swarest unto David in Thy truth? Remember, Lord, the reproach of Thy servants, which I have borne in my bosom of many nat…
We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith, and not for our own works or deservings. Wherefore, that we are justified by faith only, is a most wholesome doctrine, and very full of comfort.
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. Calvin shows that Paul's conclusion is devastating: there is none righteous, no not one. The advantage of the Jew lay in having the oracles of God, but this did not exempt them from condemnation. By the deeds of the law shall no flesh be justified, for the law is a mirror that shows sin, not a ladder to climb to righteous…
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ. This is the true mean of becoming a Christian, to be justified by faith in Jesus Christ, and not by the works of the law. Here we must stand, not upon the ground of our own righteousness, but upon the ground of Jesus Christ's righteousness, which He freely gives to us through faith. I…
He that believes the Gospel shall be saved; he that believes not shall be damned. In the Gospel one learns that human doctrines and decrees do not aid in salvation. That Christ has suffered for us and is our only merit — whoever attributes to works what is Christ's dishonors God.
Q. How are you right with God? A. Only by true faith in Jesus Christ. Even though my conscience accuses me of having grievously sinned against all God's commandments and of never having kept any of them, and even though I am still inclined toward all evil, nevertheless, without my deserving it at all, out of sheer grace, God grants and credits to me the perfect satisfaction, ri…
We believe that for us to acquire the true knowledge of this great mystery the Holy Spirit kindles in our hearts a true faith that embraces Jesus Christ, with all his merits, and makes him its own, and no longer looks for anything apart from him. For it must necessarily follow that either all that is required for our salvation is not in Christ or, if all is in him, then those w…
We teach that sinful man is justified before God (that is, absolved from all his sins and from the sentence of death) only by the grace of God, for the sake of Christ, through faith alone, without any merit of his own. For "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" and "are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus." Christ took…
We believe that no one is saved without faith. And by faith we mean the right notion that is in us concerning God and divine things. Which being joined with a living hope in God and a fervent love, or rather being formed by charity, justifieth us in Christ. And without this faith it is impossible to please God. But we affirm that this faith which justifieth is not the faith of…
We are accounted righteous before God only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, by faith, and not for our own works or deservings. Wherefore, that we are justified by faith, only, is a most wholesome doctrine, and very full of comfort.
The Formula affirms that sinners are justified before God by grace alone, through faith alone, on account of Christ's righteousness alone, which is imputed to the believer. Faith is not credited as righteousness because of any quality in the act of believing, but because it apprehends Christ and His merits. It denies that justification includes an infusion of righteousness or t…
The longest and most important article of the Apology. Melanchthon defends the Reformation teaching that sinners are justified freely by grace through faith in Christ, apart from works of the Law. Faith is not merely knowledge but trust (fiducia) in God's promise of mercy for Christ's sake. Justification is forensic — God declares the sinner righteous by imputing Christ's right…
Justification is a free gift, purchased by the blood of Christ and received by faith alone. Spurgeon thunders against any system that mixes human merit with divine grace. If justification is by works, then Christ died in vain; if it is by grace, then boasting is excluded. The sinner contributes nothing to his justification except the sin from which he needs to be saved. God dec…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 6:11 — And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
- Acts 13:38 — Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
- Eph 2:9 — Not of works, lest any man should boast.
- Gal 2:16 — 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
- Gal 3:8 — 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.
- Gal 3:8 — 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.
- Gal 3:11 — But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
- Gal 3:24 — Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
- Jas 2:24 — Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
- John 5:24 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
- John 6:40 — And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
- Phil 3:9 — And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
- Rom 3:20 — Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
- Rom 3:20 — Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
- Rom 3:26 — To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
- Rom 3:30 — Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
- Rom 4:5 — But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
- Rom 5:1 — Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
- Rom 8:3 — For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
- Titus 3:5 — Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
- Titus 3:7 — That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
- Titus 3:7 — That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.