Romans 3:28 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)28 For we conclude that a person is made right with God by faith [in Christ], apart from [obedience to] the requirements of a law [or, the Law of Moses, See verse 20]. Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 176928 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition28 For we hold that a man is justified and made upright by faith independent of and distinctly apart from good deeds (works of the Law). [The observance of the Law has nothing to do with justification.] Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)28 We reckon therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law. Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible28 No, not at all, but through the law of faith. We consider that a person is treated as righteous by faith, apart from what is accomplished under the Law. Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version28 For we judge a man to be justified by faith, without the works of the law. Ver Capítulo |
still we know that a person is not justified [i.e., made right with God] by [perfect obedience to] the Law of Moses, but rather through faith in [the person and work of] Christ. [Knowing this] we have trusted in Christ Jesus [to save us], so that we might be made right with God by trusting in Him and not by [our compliance with] the requirements of the Law of Moses. Because by such law-compliance no one can be made right with God.
For what the law was not able to do [for mankind], since it was [too] weak [to deliver them from condemnation] because fleshly people [were unable to obey it perfectly], God condemned sin in the flesh [i.e., sin was declared evil and its power over man broken]. God did this by sending His own Son in a body like sinful man’s, and to destroy sin,