Romans 3:28 - Easy To Read Version28 A person is not a true Jew if he is only a Jew in his physical body. True circumcision {\cf2\super [23]} is not only on the outside of the body. Féach an chaibidilTuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 176928 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. Féach an chaibidilAmplified 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.] Féach an chaibidilAmerican Standard Version (1901)28 We reckon therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law. Féach an chaibidilCommon 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. Féach an chaibidilCatholic Public Domain Version28 For we judge a man to be justified by faith, without the works of the law. Féach an chaibidilDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version28 For we account a man to be justified by faith, without the works of the law. Féach an chaibidil |
The law {\cf2\super [61]} was without power because the law was made weak by our sinful selves. But God did what the law could not do. God sent his own Son to earth with the same human life that other people use for sin. God sent his Son to be an offering to pay for sin. So God used a human life to condemn (destroy) sin.
We know that a person is not made right with God by following the law. {\cf2\super [18]} No! It is trusting in Jesus Christ that makes a person right with God. So we have put our faith in Christ Jesus, because we wanted to be made right with God. And we are right with God because we trusted in Christ—not because we followed the law. \{This is true\} because no person can be made right with God by following the law.
The Scriptures told what would happen in the future. These writings said that God would make the non-Jewish people right through their faith. God told this Good News {\cf2\super [26]} to Abraham before it happened. God said to Abraham, “I will use you to bless all the people on earth.” {\cf2\super [27]}