Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.

Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, {there is} no transgression.

Wherefore? Because {they sought it} not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;

Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:

For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, {was} not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed {is} every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

What shall we say then? {Is} the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. {lust: or, concupiscence}

And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: {it is} the gift of God:

Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean {that is} born of a woman?

But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

(For not the hearers of the law {are} just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

What shall we say then? {Is} the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. {lust: or, concupiscence}

Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

Not of works, lest any man should boast.

If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. {giveth life: or, quickeneth}

And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

{Is} the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.

And he said, Who told thee that thou {wast} naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: {for sin: or, by a sacrifice for sin}

The statutes of the LORD {are} right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD {is} pure, enlightening the eyes.

Who hath saved us, and called {us} with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. {both...: Heb. from man unto beast}

I know {it is} so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? {with God: or, before God?}

Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,

Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified {rather} than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath {whereof} to glory; but not before God.

But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.

For who {is there of} all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we {have}, and lived?

(For not the hearers of the law {are} just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. {motions: Gr. passions}

Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?

Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works {are} works of iniquity, and the act of violence {is} in their hands.

Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.

Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.

Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.

And Nehemiah, which {is} the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day {is} holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law. {the Tirshatha: or, the governor}

And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.

Moreover the {workers with} familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD. {images: or, teraphim}

Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great {is} the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.

But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.

Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope {did}; by the which we draw nigh unto God. {the bringing...: or, it was the bringing in}

Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster {to bring us} unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

And he answering said to {his} father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: