Is not justified (ου δικαιουτα). Present passive indicative of δικαιοω, an old causative verb from δικαιος, righteous (from δικε, …

Knowing. We who are Jews by nature, or by birth. This cannot mean that all the Jews knew this, or that a Jew knew it as a matter …

Is not justified.—Here the Apostle introduces, for the first time in the Epistle, the word which plays so prominent a part in the …

We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Je…

This is one of the most important verses in the letter. It contains the first mention of the words “justify” and “law” (GK 3795), and is also the f…

But by the faith of Jesus Christ. He does not merely state that ceremonies, or works of any kind, are insufficient without the assistance …

Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the
law
That is, Peter, Paul, Bar…

Paul, having thus shown he was not inferior to any apostle, not even to Peter himself, speaks of the great foundational doctrine of the gospel. Why…

Having demonstrated the truth of the apostolic doctrine he preached, based on the authority of the other apostles, he now shows the same thing from…