Romans 3:27-31
27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith. 28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law. 29 Or is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also, 30 since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith. 31 Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law.
27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith. 28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law. 29 Or is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also, 30 since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith. 31 Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law.
We cannot boast in the keeping of God’s law nor any of our own efforts; since we are made right and righteous in His sight by faith alone, we cannot earn God’s favor or forgiveness to save us from the wrath to come in judgment on the whole world. But Christ died for people from every county, race, and language group. He alone will justify each who exercises the faith given to submit by admitting these things and trusting all Jesus said He did where we could not. Jesus means “God is our salvation,” and so the law of loving God and others is only possible in His deliverance. We are justified by faith alone in Christ alone, with nothing added.
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