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. ²⁹Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: ³⁰Seeing ^eit is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and ^funcircumcision through faith.

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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.
eSo Acts 10:36. ch. 10:12. See Acts 10:35.
fSo Gal. 3:8.

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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. Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, since God is one—who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

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. Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.

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. Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

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.

After all, is God the God of the Jews only? Isn’t he also the God of the Gentiles? Of course he is. There is only one God, and he makes people right with himself only by faith, whether they are Jews or Gentiles.

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. Or is God the God of the Jews only? Is he not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, also of the Gentiles, since God is one, who will justify those who are circumcised by faith and those who are uncircumcised through faith.