41 Although a number of interpreters understand the “boasting” here to refer to Jewish boasting, others (e.g. C. E. B. Cranfield, “ ‘The Works of the Law’ in the Epistle to the Romans,” 43 [1991]: 96) take the phrase to refer to all human boasting before God.
42 Grk “By what sort of law?”

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

KJV 1900King James Version

Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

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