Rom 3:20 | HCSB | STEP | For no one will be justified in His sight by the works of the law , because the knowledge of sin comes through the law .

Romans 3:20

20 For no one will be ^{▼▼justification/justify/justified: The act of God as judge that declares sinners (who were in the wrong) to be right or righteous in His sight. God is just in doing this because Jesus died on the cross to take away their sins and to give them His own righteousness (2Co 5:21). The sinner receives this justification by faith and by grace when he trusts Christ's work.}justified ^{▼▼Or will be declared righteous, or will be acquitted} in His sight by the works of the law, ^c because the knowledge of sin comes through the law. ^d