Romans 3:27
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.”
οὖν
Therefore, then, accordingly. Therefore since we have been justified through faith we have peace with God. The therefore of Scripture always builds on something God has already done.
πίστις
of faith.
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πίστις
Faith, trust, belief, faithfulness. Pistis. Without faith it is impossible to please God. Faith is the currency of the kingdom. Everything flows to those who trust God completely.
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νόμος
principle?
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νόμος
Law, rule, principle. Nomos. The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free. The highest law is not written on stone. It is written by the Spirit on the heart.
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ἔργον
of works?
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ἔργον
Work, deed, act. Ergon. We are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works. Good works are not the root of salvation. They are the fruit of it.
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ποῖος
what
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ποῖος
individualizing interrogative (of character) what sort of, or (of number) which one
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καύχησις
boasting?
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καύχησις
boasting (properly, the act; by implication, the object), in a good or a bad sense
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διά
Through
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διά
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
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ποῦ
Where
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ποῦ
as adverb of place; at (by implication, to) what locality
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ἐκκλείω
It has been excluded.
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ἐκκλείω
to shut out (literally or figuratively)
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οὐχί
No,
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οὐχί
not indeed
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