Parallel Verses

Goodspeed New Testament

For we hold that a man is made upright by faith; the observance of the Law has nothing to do with it.

New American Standard Bible

For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law.

King James Version

Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

Holman Bible

For we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

International Standard Version

For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the actions prescribed by the Law.

A Conservative Version

We therefore consider a man to be made righteous by faith independent of works of law.

American Standard Version

We reckon therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

Amplified

For we maintain that an individual is justified by faith distinctly apart from works of the Law [the observance of which has nothing to do with justification, that is, being declared free of the guilt of sin and made acceptable to God].

An Understandable Version

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].

Anderson New Testament

For we conclude that a man is justified by faith, without deeds of law.

Bible in Basic English

For this reason, then, a man may get righteousness by faith without the works of the law.

Common New Testament

For we hold that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.

Daniel Mace New Testament

for we conclude, that a man is justified by faith, without observing the legal rites.

Darby Translation

for we reckon that a man is justified by faith, without works of law.

Godbey New Testament

For we conclude that a man is justified by faith without works of law.

John Wesley New Testament

Nay, but by the law of faith. We conclude then, that a man is justified by faith, without the works of the law.

Julia Smith Translation

We reckon then man to be justified by faith without the works of the law.

King James 2000

Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For we consider a person to be justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

Modern King James verseion

Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the works of the Law.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

We suppose, therefore we hold, that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

Moffatt New Testament

We hold a man is justified by faith apart from deeds of the Law altogether.

Montgomery New Testament

For I conclude that a man is justified by faith, altogether apart from the deeds of the Law.

NET Bible

For we consider that a person is declared righteous by faith apart from the works of the law.

New Heart English Bible

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

Noyes New Testament

We conclude therefore, that a man is accepted as righteous through faith, without the works of the Law.

Sawyer New Testament

We conclude then that a man is justified by faith without the works of the law.

The Emphasized Bible

For we reckon that a man is to be declared righteous by faith, apart from works of law.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

We conclude therefore that by faith a man is justified, without works of law.

Twentieth Century New Testament

For we conclude that a man is pronounced righteous on the ground of faith, quite apart from obedience to Law.

Webster

Therefore we conclude, that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

Weymouth New Testament

For we maintain that it is as the result of faith that a man is held to be righteous, apart from actions done in obedience to Law.

Williams New Testament

For we hold that a man is brought into right standing with God by faith, that observance of the law has no connection with it.

World English Bible

We maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

Worrell New Testament

For we reckon that a man is justified by faith, apart from works of law.

Worsley New Testament

Therefore we conclude, that a man is justified by faith, without the works of the law:

Youngs Literal Translation

therefore do we reckon a man to be declared righteous by faith, apart from works of law.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
οὖν 
Oun 
therefore, then, so, and, now, wherefore, but, not tr,
Usage: 417

λογίζομαι 
Logizomai 
Usage: 40

a man
ἄνθρωπος 
Anthropos 
man, not tr,
Usage: 316

δικαιόω 
Dikaioo 
Usage: 35

by faith
πίστις 
Pistis 
Usage: 221

χωρίς 
Choris 
Usage: 38

the deeds
ἔργον 
Ergon 
Usage: 130

Devotionals

Devotionals about Romans 3:28

Images Romans 3:28

Prayers for Romans 3:28

Context Readings

Boasting Excluded

27 Then what becomes of our boasting? It is shut out. On what principle? What a man does? No, but whether a man has faith. 28 For we hold that a man is made upright by faith; the observance of the Law has nothing to do with it. 29 Does God belong to the Jews alone? Does he not belong to the heathen too? Of course he belongs to the heathen too;



Cross References

John 5:24

I tell you, whoever listens to my message and believes him who has sent me, possesses eternal life, and will not come to judgment, but has already passed out of death into life.

John 6:40

For it is the purpose of my Father that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and that I shall raise him to life on the Last Day."

Acts 13:38-39

You must understand therefore, my brothers, that through him the forgiveness of your sins is announced to you,

Romans 3:20-22

For no human being can be made upright in the sight of God by observing the Law. All that the Law can do is to make man conscious of sin.

Romans 4:5

but a man who has no work to offer, but has faith in him who can make the ungodly upright, has his faith credited to him as uprightness.

Romans 5:1

So as we have been made upright by faith, let us live in peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Romans 8:3

For though it was impossible for the Law to do it, hampered as it was by our physical limitations, God, by sending his own Son in our sinful physical form, as a sin-offering, put his condemnation upon sin through his physical nature,

1 Corinthians 6:11

Some of you used to be like that; but you have washed it all away, you have been consecrated, you have become upright, by the power of our Lord Jesus Christ and through the Spirit of our God.

Galatians 2:16

but who know that a man is not made upright by doing what the Law commands, but by faith in Christ Jesus??ven we believed in Christ Jesus, so as to be made upright by faith in Christ and not by doing what the Law commands??or by doing what the Law commands no one can be made upright.

Galatians 3:8

The Scripture foresaw that God would accept the heathen as upright in consequence of their faith, and preached the good news in advance to Abraham in the words, "All the heathen will be blessed through you."

Galatians 3:11-14

That no one is accepted as upright by God for obeying the Law is evident because the upright will have life because of his faith,

Galatians 3:24

So the Law has been our attendant on our way to Christ, so that we might be made upright through faith.

Ephesians 2:9

It has not been earned, so that no one can boast of it.

Philippians 3:9

and be known to be united to him, with any uprightness I may have not based on law but coming through faith in Christ??he uprightness that comes from God through faith.

Titus 3:7

so that we might be made upright through his mercy and become possessors of eternal life in fulfilment of our hope.

James 2:24

You see a man is made upright by his good deeds and not simply by having faith.

John 3:14-18

And just as Moses in the desert lifted the serpent up in the air, the Son of Man must be lifted up,

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