Romans 3:20

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    because{G1360} by{G1537} the works{G2041} of the law{G3551} shall{G1344} no{G3756} flesh{G4561} be justified{G1344} in{G1799} his{G846} sight;{G1799} for{G1063} through{G1223} the law{G3551} [cometh] the knowledge{G1922} of sin.{G266}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Therefore{G1360} by{G1537} the deeds{G2041} of the law{G3551} there shall{G1344} no{G3956}{G3756} flesh{G4561} be justified{G1344}{(G5701)} in his{G846} sight{G1799}: for{G1063} by{G1223} the law{G3551} is the knowledge{G1922} of sin{G266}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    because that by ye dedes of the lawe shall no flesshe be iustified in the sight of God. For by the lawe commeth the knowledge of synne.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    because yt by ye dedes of the lawe no flesh maye be iustified in his sighte. For by the lawe commeth but the knowlege of synne.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Therefore by the woorkes of the Lawe shall no flesh be iustified in his sight: for by the Lawe commeth the knowledge of sinne.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Because that by the deedes of the lawe, there shall no flesshe be iustified in his syght. For by the lawe, commeth the knowledge of sinne.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law `cometh' the knowledge of sin.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law [cometh] the knowledge of sin.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

Referenced Verses

  • Gal 2:16 : 16 yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ. So we also have believed in Christ Jesus in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
  • Acts 13:39 : 39 Through Him, everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.
  • Rom 3:28 : 28 For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.
  • Rom 4:15 : 15 For the law brings wrath, and where there is no law, there is no transgression.
  • Gal 2:19 : 19 For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ.
  • Rom 9:32 : 32 Why not? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works. They stumbled over the stone of stumbling,
  • Rom 5:20 : 20 Now the law was brought in so that the trespass might increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more.
  • Rom 4:13 : 13 For the promise to Abraham or his descendants that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.
  • Rom 7:7-9 : 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, 'You shall not covet.' 8 But sin, seizing the opportunity provided by the commandment, produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead. 9 At one time I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin came to life and I died.
  • Gal 5:4 : 4 You who are justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
  • Eph 2:8-9 : 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.
  • Titus 3:5-7 : 5 He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit. 6 This Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that, being justified by His grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
  • Jas 2:20-26 : 20 Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith without works is useless? 21 Was not our father Abraham justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see that his faith was working together with his works, and by works his faith was made perfect. 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, 'Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,' and he was called a friend of God. 24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. 25 In the same way, was not Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another route? 26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
  • Gal 3:10-13 : 10 For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.' 11 Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, 'The righteous will live by faith.' 12 The law is not based on faith; instead, it says, 'The person who does these things will live by them.' 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.'
  • Rom 5:13 : 13 For sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law.
  • Ps 143:2 : 2 Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before you.
  • Job 15:15 : 15 Behold, God puts no trust in His holy ones, and even the heavens are not pure in His sight.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gal 3:10-12
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    82%

    10 For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.'

    11 Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, 'The righteous will live by faith.'

    12 The law is not based on faith; instead, it says, 'The person who does these things will live by them.'

  • Rom 3:21-24
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    81%

    21 But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, testified to by the Law and the Prophets.

    22 This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,

    23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

    24 And all are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

  • Rom 3:18-19
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    18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.

    19 Now 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 held accountable to God.

  • Gal 2:16-17
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    81%

    16 yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ. So we also have believed in Christ Jesus in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

    17 But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not!

  • Rom 3:26-28
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    26 He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.

    27 Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. By what law? By the law of works? No, but by the law of faith.

    28 For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

  • Rom 3:9-10
    2 verses
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    9 What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already charged that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin.

    10 As it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one."

  • Rom 4:15
    78%

    15 For the law brings wrath, and where there is no law, there is no transgression.

  • Rom 2:12-14
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    78%

    12 For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

    13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be justified.

    14 For when the Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things required by the law, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.

  • Rom 5:13
    78%

    13 For sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law.

  • Gal 3:21-22
    2 verses
    77%

    21 Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.

    22 But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise, by faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.

  • Rom 7:7-8
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    7 What shall we say then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, 'You shall not covet.'

    8 But sin, seizing the opportunity provided by the commandment, produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead.

  • Rom 8:2-4
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    2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.

    3 For what the law could not do, weakened as it was by the flesh, God did. By sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as a sin offering, He condemned sin in the flesh.

    4 This was so that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

  • Acts 13:39
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    39 Through Him, everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.

  • Phil 3:9
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    9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.

  • Rom 10:3-5
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    3 For they are ignorant of the righteousness of God and seek to establish their own; they have not submitted to God’s righteousness.

    4 For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

    5 For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”

  • Gal 3:24
    74%

    24 So the law was our guardian until Christ came, so that we might be justified by faith.

  • 1 John 3:4
    74%

    4 Everyone who commits sin also practices lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.

  • 1 Tim 1:9
    74%

    9 We also know that the law is not made for the righteous but for the lawless and rebellious, the ungodly and sinners, the unholy and profane, those who strike their fathers and mothers, and murderers,

  • Rom 5:20
    74%

    20 Now the law was brought in so that the trespass might increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more.

  • Rom 7:5
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    5 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.

  • 1 Cor 1:29
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    29 So that no one may boast before him.

  • Rom 1:17
    73%

    17 For in the gospel, the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: 'The righteous will live by faith.'

  • Rom 9:30-31
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    30 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, that is, a righteousness that is by faith;

    31 but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, did not attain it.

  • Rom 7:14
    73%

    14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.

  • Rom 4:5-6
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    5 But to the one who does not work but believes in the one who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.

    6 Just as David also speaks of the blessedness of the person to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

  • Rom 4:2
    72%

    2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about—but not before God.

  • Eph 2:9
    72%

    9 not by works, so that no one can boast.

  • Gal 5:4
    72%

    4 You who are justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

  • Rom 7:18
    72%

    18 For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.

  • Gal 2:19
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    19 For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ.

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