Romans 3:27

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Romans 3:27

Where then is there room for your boasting? It is for ever shut out. On what principle? On the ground of merit? No, but on the ground of faith.

Romans 2:23

You who make your boast in the Law, do you offend against its commands and so dishonour God?

Romans 4:2

For if he was held to be righteous on the ground of his actions, he has something to boast of; but not in the presence of God.

1 Corinthians 1:29-31

to prevent any mortal man from boasting in the presence of God.

Romans 2:17

And since you claim the name of Jew, and find rest and satisfaction in the Law, and make your boast in God,

Mark 16:16

He who believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

Luke 18:9-14

And to some who relied on themselves as being righteous men, and looked down upon all others, He addressed this parable.

John 3:36

He who believes in the Son has the Life of the Ages; he who disobeys the Son will not enter into Life, but God's anger remains upon him.

Romans 3:19

But it cannot be denied that all that the Law says is addressed to those who are living under the Law, in order that every mouth may be stopped, and that the whole world may await sentence from God.

Romans 7:21

I find therefore the law of my nature to be that when I desire to do what is right, evil is lying in ambush for me.

Romans 7:23

but I discover within me a different Law at war with the Law of my understanding, and leading me captive to the Law which is everywhere at work in my body--the Law of sin.

Romans 7:25

Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!)

Romans 8:2

for the Spirit's Law-- telling of Life in Christ Jesus--has set me free from the Law that deals only with sin and death.

and even then, though they were not then born and had not done anything either good or evil, yet in order that God's electing purpose might not be frustrated, based, as it was, not on their actions but on the will of Him who called them, she was told,

Romans 9:32

And why? Because they were pursuing a righteousness which should arise not from faith, but from what they regarded as merit. They stuck their foot against the stone which lay in their way;

Romans 10:5

Moses says that he whose actions conform to the righteousness required by the Law shall live by that righteousness.

Romans 11:6

But if it is in His grace that He has selected them, then His choice is no longer determined by human actions. Otherwise grace would be grace no longer.

1 Corinthians 4:7

Why, who gives you your superiority, my brother? Or what have you that you did not receive? And if you really did receive it, why boast as if this were not so?

Galatians 2:16

know that it is not through obedience to Law that a man can be declared free from guilt, but only through faith in Jesus Christ. We have therefore believed in Christ Jesus, for the purpose of being declared free from guilt, through faith in Christ and not through obedience to Law. For through obedience to Law no human being shall be declared free from guilt.

Galatians 3:22

But Scripture has shown that all mankind are the prisoners of sin, in order that the promised blessing, which depends on faith in Jesus Christ, may be given to those who believe.

Ephesians 2:8-10

For it is by grace that you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves. It is God's gift, and is not on the ground of merit--

1 John 5:11-12

And that testimony is to the effect that God has given us the Life of the Ages, and that this Life is in His Son.

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Romans 3:27

Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

Where

Ephesians 2:8

Of works

But by

General references

1 Corinthians 1:29

Ephesians 2:9

Bible References

Where

But it cannot be denied that all that the Law says is addressed to those who are living under the Law, in order that every mouth may be stopped, and that the whole world may await sentence from God.

And since you claim the name of Jew, and find rest and satisfaction in the Law, and make your boast in God,

For if he was held to be righteous on the ground of his actions, he has something to boast of; but not in the presence of God.

And to some who relied on themselves as being righteous men, and looked down upon all others, He addressed this parable.

to prevent any mortal man from boasting in the presence of God.

Why, who gives you your superiority, my brother? Or what have you that you did not receive? And if you really did receive it, why boast as if this were not so?

For it is by grace that you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves. It is God's gift, and is not on the ground of merit--

Of works

Moses says that he whose actions conform to the righteousness required by the Law shall live by that righteousness.

But if it is in His grace that He has selected them, then His choice is no longer determined by human actions. Otherwise grace would be grace no longer.

But by

I find therefore the law of my nature to be that when I desire to do what is right, evil is lying in ambush for me.

for the Spirit's Law-- telling of Life in Christ Jesus--has set me free from the Law that deals only with sin and death.

He who believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

He who believes in the Son has the Life of the Ages; he who disobeys the Son will not enter into Life, but God's anger remains upon him.

But Scripture has shown that all mankind are the prisoners of sin, in order that the promised blessing, which depends on faith in Jesus Christ, may be given to those who believe.

And that testimony is to the effect that God has given us the Life of the Ages, and that this Life is in His Son.

General references

to prevent any mortal man from boasting in the presence of God.

so that it may be impossible for any one to boast.