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Romans 3:20

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20For no one will be justifiedN in his sight by the works of the law,y because the knowledge of sin comes through the law.z

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Footnotes

  1. NOr will be declared righteous, or will be acquitted

Cross references

  1. yPs 143:2; Ac 13:39; Gl 2:16
  2. zRm 4:15; 5:13,20; 7:7

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.

NLTNew Living Translation

For no one can ever be made right with God by doing what the law commands. The law simply shows us how sinful we are.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For by the works of the law no person will be declared righteous before him, for through the law comes knowledge of sin.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.