Romans Chapter 3 verse 28 Holy Bible
We reckon therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.
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For this reason, then, a man may get righteousness by faith without the works of the law.
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for we reckon that a man is justified by faith, without works of law.
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Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
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We maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.
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therefore do we reckon a man to be declared righteous by faith, apart from works of law.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 28. - For (γὰρ here, rather than οῦν, as in the Textus Receptus; though either reading rests on good authority, γὰρ suits best the course of thought, as introducing a reason for the assertion of the previous verse) we reckon that a man is justified by faith apart from works of law; i.e. the law of works, as a principle of justification, is, in fact, according to our reckoning, nowhere. It is to be particularly observed that χωρὶς ἔργων νόμου implies no antinomian doctrine, nor any opposition to James (James 2:14, etc.). Its reference is not at all to works required or not required from man for acceptance, but simply to the ground or principle of his justification.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(28) Therefore. . . .--There is a remarkable division of some of the best authorities in this verse between "therefore" and "for." The weight of authority seems somewhat in favour of "for," which also makes the best sense. That boasting is excluded is much rather the consequence than the cause of the principle that man is justified by faith. This principle the Apostle regards as sufficiently proved by his previous argument.We conclude.--This conveys too much the idea of an inference; the statement is rather made in the form of an assertion, "we consider," or "we hold." "For we hold that a man (any human being--whether Jew or Greek) is justified by faith, independently of any works prescribed by law."
