Romans 3:20

New International Reader's Version

So no one will be considered right with God by obeying the law. Instead, the law makes us more aware of our sin.

Cross References

Job 15:15

God doesn’t trust his holy angels. Even the heavens aren’t pure in his sight.

Psalm 130:3

Lord, suppose you kept a close watch on sins. Lord, who then wouldn’t be found guilty?

Psalm 143:2

Don’t take me to court and judge me, because in your eyes no living person does what is right.

Acts 13:39

Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin. Moses’ law could not make you right in God’s eyes.

Romans 2:13

Hearing the law does not make a person right with God. People are considered to be right with God only when they obey the law.

Romans 3:28

We firmly believe that a person is made right with God because of their faith. They are not saved by obeying the law.

Romans 4:13

Abraham and his family received a promise. God promised that Abraham would receive the world. It would not come to him because he obeyed the law. It would come because of his faith, which made him right with God.

Romans 4:15

The law brings God’s anger. Where there is no law, the law can’t be broken.

Romans 5:13

Before the law was given, sin was in the world. This is certainly true. But people are not judged for sin when there is no law.

Romans 5:20

The law was given so that sin would increase. But where sin increased, God’s grace increased even more.

Romans 7:11

When the commandment gave sin the opportunity, sin tricked me. It used the commandment to put me to death.

Romans 9:32

Why not? Because they tried to do it without faith. They tried to be right with God by what they did. They tripped over the stone that causes people to trip and fall.

1 Corinthians 15:56

The sting of death is sin. And the power of sin is the law.

Galatians 2:16

Here is what we know. No one is made right with God by obeying the law. It is by believing in Jesus Christ. So we too have put our faith in Christ Jesus. This is so we can be made right with God by believing in Christ. We are not made right by obeying the law. That’s because no one can be made right with God by obeying the law.

Galatians 2:19

By the law, I died as far as the law is concerned. I died so that I might live for God.

Galatians 5:4

Some of you are trying to be made right with God by obeying the law. You have been separated from Christ. You have fallen away from God’s grace.

Hebrews 7:19

The law didn’t make anything perfect. Now a better hope has been given to us. That hope brings us near to God.