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Romans 3:20 KJV

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.

Romans 3:20, King James Version

In context

19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

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.

21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

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Cross-references

  • Galatians 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 works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
  • Acts 13:39 And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
  • Romans 3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
  • Galatians 2:19 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
  • Romans 4:15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.