Rom 3:21 | JFB | STEP | 21-23. But now the righteousness of God —(See on ). without the law —that is, a righteousness to which our obedience to the law contributes nothing whatever ( ). is manifested, being witnessed —attested. by the law and the prophets —the Old Testament Scriptures. Thus this justifying righteousness, though new, as only now fully disclosed, is an old righteousness, predicted and foreshadowed in the Old Testament.

Romans 3:21

21-23. But now the righteousness of God—(See on Ro 1:17).

without the law—that is, a righteousness to which our obedience to the law contributes nothing whatever (Ro 3:28; Ga 2:16).

is manifested, being witnessed—attested.

by the law and the prophets—the Old Testament Scriptures. Thus this justifying righteousness, though new, as only now fully disclosed, is an old righteousness, predicted and foreshadowed in the Old Testament.