Rom 3:20, 27-28 | ISV | STEP | Therefore, no human being will be justified in God's sight by means of the works prescribed by the law, for through the law comes the full knowledge of sin.

Romans 3:20

20 Therefore, no human being will be justified in God's ^{▼▼Lit. his} sight by means of the works prescribed by the law, for through the law comes the full knowledge of sin.Ps 143:2; Acts 13:39; Rom 7:7; Gal 2:16; 3:11; Eph 2:8-9; Titus 3:5

27 What, then, is there to boast about? That has been eliminated. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on the principle of faith.Rom 2:17, 23; 4:2; Rom 2:17, 23, 1Cor 1:29, 31; Eph 2:9 28 For ^{▼▼Other mss. read Therefore} we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works prescribed by the law.Acts 13:38-39; Rom 8:3; 3:20-22; Gal 2:16