Romans 3:20

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.

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  • Gal 2:16 : 16 yet (in so moch as we knowe, that a man is not made righteous by the dedes off the lawe, but by the faith on Iesus Christ) we haue beleued also on Iesus Christ, yt we might be made righteous by the faith of Christ, and not by the dedes of the lawe, because that by the dedes of the lawe no flesh shal be iustified.
  • Acts 13:39 : 39 and fro all ye thinges, wherby ye mighte not be iustifyed in the lawe of Moses.
  • Rom 3:28 : 28 We holde therfore that a man is iustified by faith, without the workes of the lawe.
  • Rom 4:15 : 15 for so moch as the lawe causeth but wrath. For where the lawe is not, there is also no transgression.
  • Gal 2:19 : 19 But I thorow the lawe am deed vnto the lawe, that I might lyue vnto God.
  • Rom 9:32 : 32 Why so? Euen because they soughte it not out of faith, but as it were out of the deseruynge of workes. For they haue stombled at the stomblinge stone.
  • Rom 5:20 : 20 But the lawe in the meane tyme entred, that synne shulde increace. Neuertheles where abundaunce of synne was, there was yet more plenteousnes of grace:
  • Rom 4:13 : 13 For the promes (that he shulde be ye heyre of the worlde) was not made vnto Abraham or to his sede thorow the lawe, but thorow the righteousnes of faith.
  • Rom 7:7-9 : 7 What shal we saye then? Is the lawe synne? God forbyd: Neuertheles I knewe not synne, but by ye lawe. For I had knowne nothinge of lust, yf the lawe had not sayde: Thou shalt not lust. 8 But then toke synne occasion at the commaundement, and stered vp in me all maner of lust. For without the lawe synne was deed. 9 As for me, I lyued some tyme without lawe. Howbeit whan the commaundement came, synne reuyued, but I was deed.
  • Gal 5:4 : 4 Ye are gone quyte from Christ, as many off you as wylbe made righteous by the lawe, and are fallen from grace.
  • Eph 2:8-9 : 8 For by grace are ye saued thorow faith, and that not of youre selues, For it is ye gifte of God, 9 not of workes, lest eny ma shulde boast him selfe.
  • Titus 3:5-7 : 5 not for ye dedes of righteousnes which we wroughte, but after his mercy he saued vs by the fountayne of the new byrth, and renuynge of the holy goost, 6 which he shed on vs abundauntly, thorow Iesus Christ oure Sauioure: 7 yt we beynge made righteous by his grace, shulde be heyres of eternall life acordynge to hope.
  • Jas 2:20-26 : 20 Wilt thou vnderstode o thou vayne man that faith with out dedes is deed: 21 Was not Abraham oure father iustified thorow workes when he offered Isaac his sonne vpon the aulter? 22 Thou seist how yt faith wrought with his dedes, and through ye dedes was the faith made perfect: 23 & the scripture was fulfilled which faith: Abraha beleued God and it was reputed vnto him for rightewesnes: and he was called ye frende of God. 24 Ye se then how that of dedes a man is iustified, and not of faith only 25 Likewise also was not Raab the harlot iustified thorow workes, when she receaued the messengers, and sent them out another waye? 26 For as the body, with oute the sprete is deed, euen so faith wt out dedes is deed.
  • Gal 3:10-13 : 10 For as many as go aboute with the workes of the lawe, are vnder ye curse: For it is wrytte: Cursed be euery man, which cotynueth not in all thinges that are wrytte in the boke of the lawe, to do them. 11 That no man is iustified by the lawe in the sighte of God, it is euydet: For ye iust shal lyue by his faith. 12 The lawe is not of faith, but the ma that doth ye same, shal lyue therin. 13 But Christ hath delyuered vs from ye curse of the lawe, whan he became a curse for vs. (For it is wrytte: Cursed is euery man that hangeth on tre)
  • Rom 5:13 : 13 euen so wente death also ouer all men, in so moch as they all haue synned. For synne was in ye worlde vnto the lawe: but where no lawe is, there is not synne regarded.
  • Ps 143:2 : 2 And entre not in to iudgment with thy seruaunt, for in thy sight shal no man lyuynge be iustified.
  • Job 15:15 : 15 Beholde, he hath founde vnfaithfulnesse amoge his owne sanctes: yee the very heauens are vnclene in his sight.

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  • Gal 3:10-12
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    10For as many as go aboute with the workes of the lawe, are vnder ye curse: For it is wrytte: Cursed be euery man, which cotynueth not in all thinges that are wrytte in the boke of the lawe, to do them.

    11That no man is iustified by the lawe in the sighte of God, it is euydet: For ye iust shal lyue by his faith.

    12The lawe is not of faith, but the ma that doth ye same, shal lyue therin.

  • Rom 3:21-24
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    21But now without addinge to of ye lawe is the righteousnes which avayleth before God, declared, hauynge witnesse of ye lawe and the prophetes:

    22but I speake of ye righteousnes before God, which cometh by the faith on Iesus Christ, vnto all, and vpo all them that beleue.For here is no difference.

    23For they are all synners, and wate the prayse that God shulde haue of the,

    24but without deseruynge are they made righteous eue by his grace, thorow the redempcion that is done by Christ Iesu,

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

    19But we knowe, yt, what soeuer the lawe sayeth, it sayeth it vnto them which are vnder the lawe, yt euery mouthe maye be stopped, & yt all the worlde maye be detter vnto God,

  • Gal 2:16-17
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    16yet (in so moch as we knowe, that a man is not made righteous by the dedes off the lawe, but by the faith on Iesus Christ) we haue beleued also on Iesus Christ, yt we might be made righteous by the faith of Christ, and not by the dedes of the lawe, because that by the dedes of the lawe no flesh shal be iustified.

    17Yf we then which seke to be made righteous by christ, shulde be yet founde synners or selues, is not Christ then the mynister of synne? God forbyd.

  • Rom 3:26-28
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    26that at this tyme he mighte shewe ye righteousnes which avayleth before him: yt he onely mighte be righteous, & the righteous maker of him which is of the faith on Iesus.

    27Where is now then thy reioysinge? It is excluded. By what lawe? By the lawe of workes? Nay, but by the lawe of faith.

    28We holde therfore that a man is iustified by faith, without the workes of the lawe.

  • Rom 3:9-10
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    9What saye we then? Are we better then they? No, in no wyse: for we haue proued afore, yt both the Iewes and Grekes are all vnder synne.

    10As it is wrytte: There is none righteous, no not one.

  • Rom 4:15
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    15for so moch as the lawe causeth but wrath. For where the lawe is not, there is also no transgression.

  • Rom 2:12-14
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    12shal perish also without lawe: and whosoeuer haue synned in the lawe, shalbe iudged by the lawe.

    13For before God, they are not righteous, which heare ye lawe: but they that do the lawe, shalbe iustified.

    14For yf the Gentyles which haue not the lawe, do of nature the thinges conteyned in the lawe, then they hauynge not the lawe, are a lawe vnto them selues,

  • Rom 5:13
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    13euen so wente death also ouer all men, in so moch as they all haue synned. For synne was in ye worlde vnto the lawe: but where no lawe is, there is not synne regarded.

  • Gal 3:21-22
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    21Is the lawe then agaynst the promyses of God? God forbyd. Howbeit yf there had bene geuen a lawe which coulde haue geue life, the no doute righteousnes shulde come of the lawe.

    22But ye scripture hath shut vp all vnder synne, that ye promes shulde come by the faith on Iesus Christ, geue vnto the that beleue.

  • Rom 7:7-8
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    7What shal we saye then? Is the lawe synne? God forbyd: Neuertheles I knewe not synne, but by ye lawe. For I had knowne nothinge of lust, yf the lawe had not sayde: Thou shalt not lust.

    8But then toke synne occasion at the commaundement, and stered vp in me all maner of lust. For without the lawe synne was deed.

  • Rom 8:2-4
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    2For ye lawe of ye sprete (yt bryngeth life i Christ Iesu) hath made me fre fro the lawe of synne & death.

    3For what vnpossible was vnto ye lawe (in as moch as it was weake because of the flesh) yt perfourmed God, & sent his sonne in ye similitude of synfull flesh,

    4& by synne daned synne in ye flesh: that the righteousnes requyred of the lawe, mighte be fulfylled in vs, which walke not after the flesh, but after the sprete.

  • Acts 13:39
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    39and fro all ye thinges, wherby ye mighte not be iustifyed in the lawe of Moses.

  • Phil 3:9
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    9& be founde in him, not hauynge myne awne righteousnes which commeth of the lawe, but by the faith of Christ (namely) the righteousnes which commeth of God in faith,

  • Rom 10:3-5
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    3For they knowe not the righteousnes which auayleth before God, and go aboute to manteyne their awne righteousnes: and thus they are not subdued vnto the righteousnes, that is off value before God.

    4For Christ is the ende of the lawe, vnto righteousnes for euery one yt beleueth.

    5Moses wryteth of ye righteousnes which commeth of the lawe, that the man which doth ye same, shal lyue therin.

  • Gal 3:24
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    24Thus ye lawe was or scolemaster vnto Christ, that we might be made righteous by faith.

  • 1 John 3:4
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    4Who so euer comytteth synne, comytteth vnrighteousnes also, and synne is vnrighteousnes.

  • 1 Tim 1:9
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    9vnderstodinge this, that the lawe is not geuen vnto the righteous, but to the vnrighteous & dishobedient, to the vngodly & to synners, to the vnholy & vncleane, to murthurers of fathers and murthurers of mothers, to manslayers,

  • Rom 5:20
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    20But the lawe in the meane tyme entred, that synne shulde increace. Neuertheles where abundaunce of synne was, there was yet more plenteousnes of grace:

  • Rom 7:5
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    5For whan we were in the flesh, the synfull lustes (which were stered vp by the lawe) were mightie in oure membres to brynge forth frute vnto death.

  • 1 Cor 1:29
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    29that no flesh shulde reioyse in his presence.

  • Rom 1:17
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    17for in it ye righteousnes that is of value before God, is opened, which cometh out of faith i to faith.

  • Rom 9:30-31
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    30What shal we saye then? This wil we saye: The Heythen which folowed not righteousnes, haue ouertaken righteousnes: but I speake of the righteousnes that commeth of faith.

    31Agayne, Israel folowed the lawe of righteousnes, and attayned not vnto the lawe of righteousnes.

  • Rom 7:14
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    14For we knowe, that the lawe is spirituall, but I am carnall, solde vnder synne:

  • Rom 4:5-6
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    5owbeit vnto him, yt goeth not aboute with workes, but beleueth on him yt iustifieth the vngodly, is his faith counted for righteousnes.

    6Euen as Dauid sayeth also, that blessednes is onely that mans, vnto who God counteth righteousnes without addinge to of workes, where he sayeth:

  • Rom 4:2
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    2This we saye: Yf Abraham were made righteous thorow workes, then hath he wherin to reioyse, but not before God.

  • Eph 2:9
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    9not of workes, lest eny ma shulde boast him selfe.

  • Gal 5:4
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    4Ye are gone quyte from Christ, as many off you as wylbe made righteous by the lawe, and are fallen from grace.

  • Rom 7:18
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    18for I knowe that in me (yt is, in my flesh) there dwelleth no good thinge.To wyll is present wt me, but to perfourme yt which is good,

  • Gal 2:19
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    19But I thorow the lawe am deed vnto the lawe, that I might lyue vnto God.