¹⁹Now we know that, whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.^* ²⁰For no human will be justified before him by deeds prescribed by the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.^*

Righteousness through Faith

²¹But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been disclosed and is attested by the Law and the Prophets,^* ²²the righteousness of God through the faith of Jesus Christ^m for all who believe.ⁿ For there is no distinction,^* ²³since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God;^* ²⁴they are now justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,^* ²⁵whom God put forward as a sacrifice of atonement^o by his blood, effective through faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over the sins previously committed;^* ²⁶it was to demonstrate at the present time his own righteousness, so that he is righteous and he justifies the one who has the faith of Jesus.^p

Read in Logos

Romans 3:23–24: … for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus …

Footnotes

mOr through faith in Jesus Christ
nOr trust
oOr a place of atonement
pOr has faith in Jesus

Cross references

*Jn 10:34; Rom 2:12
*Ps 143:2; Acts 13:39; Rom 7:7; Gal 2:16
*Acts 10:43; Rom 1:2, 17; 9:30
*Rom 10:12; Gal 3:28; Col 3:11
*Gal 3:22
*Rom 4:16; Eph 1:7; 2:8; Col 1:14; Heb 9:12, 15
*Heb 9:14, 28; 1 Pet 1:19; 1 Jn 2:2