²⁷^zWhere is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? ^aof works? Nay: but by the law of faith. ²⁸Therefore we ^bconclude ^cthat a man is justified by faith ^dwithout the deeds of the law.

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zSo ch. 4:2 (Gk.). See ch. 2:17.
bch. 8:18 (Gk.). So ch. 4:4, 5, 6.
c Acts 13:38, 39. ch. 4:2. & 5:1. See ver. 20.
dver. 21. ch. 4:6. & 7:8, 9. Jam. 2:20, 26. See John 15:5 marg.

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a Eph. 2:9.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith. For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith. For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By one of works? No, on the contrary, by a law of faith. For we conclude that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

NLTNew Living Translation

Can we boast, then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is not based on obeying the law. It is based on faith. So we are made right with God through faith and not by obeying the law.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Therefore, where is boasting? It has been excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith. For we consider a person to be justified by faith apart from the works of the law.