Romans - 3:19 Meaning

“Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.”

King James Version (KJV)

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

3:19-20 It is in vain to seek for justification by the works of the law. All must plead guilty. Guilty before God, is a dreadful word; but no man can be justified by a law which condemns him for breaking it. The corruption in our nature, will for ever stop any justification by our own works.

“By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:”

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