In the sight of God (παρα τω θεω). By the side of (παρα) God, as God looks at it, for the simple reason that no one except Jesus h…

But that no man is justified, etc. Paul proceeds to confirm the argument he has been pursuing with an express declaration from the Bible. …

In the sight of God.—Standing as a prisoner before His tribunal.

The just shall live by faith.—Th…

Among the pagans, there were various "lucky" and "unlucky" days; sacred days, and days in which they indulged in sensual excess. They had even "hol…

One must not think that the law did nothing but condemn during all the centuries between the giving of the law through Moses and the coming of Jesu…

But that no man is justified by the law. He again argues from a comparison of contradictory schemes. “If we are justified by faith, it is …

But that no man is justified
There are some that are justified, as all God's elect are, in his own mind and will fro…

The apostle proves the doctrine he had criticized the Galatians for rejecting: namely, that of justification by faith without the works of the law.…

Above, the Apostle proved the power of faith; now he shows the shortcoming of the Law.

He does this in two ways:

1. First, through…