Romans 3:29 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Romans 3:19-31

From all this Paul infers that it is in vain to look for justification by the works of the law, and that it is to be had only by faith, which is the point he has been all along proving, from Rom. 1:17; and which he lays down (Rom. 3:28) as the summary of his discourse, with a quod erat demonstrandum?which was to be demonstrated. We conclude that a man is justified by faith, without the deeds of the law; not by the deeds of the first law of pure innocence, which left no room for repentance, nor... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Romans 3:27-31

3:27-31 Where, then, is there any ground for boasting? It is completely shut out. Through what kind of law? Through the law of works? No, but through the law of faith. So, then, we reckon that a man enters into a right relationship with God by faith quite apart from works of the law. Or, is God the God of the Jews only? Is he not the God of the Gentiles? Yes, he is the God of the Gentiles too. If, indeed, God is one, he is the God who will bring those who are of the circumcision into a right... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 3:29

Is he the God of the Jews only ?.... The Jews made their boast of him as such, and would not allow the Gentiles any interest in him: but is he not also of the Gentiles? yes, of the Gentiles also : God is the God both of Jews and Gentiles; not only as the Creator, preserver, and Governor of them, or as he has a right to demand worship and service of them, but as he is their covenant God; not by virtue of the covenant of circumcision, or by the Sinai Covenant, but by the covenant of grace;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 3:29

Is he the God of the Jews only? - Do not begin to suppose that because you cannot be justified by the works of the law and God has in his mercy found out a new method of saving you, that therefore this mercy shall apply to the Jews exclusively. Is not God the maker, preserver, and redeemer, also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also, as much as of the Jews; for all have equally sinned and there is no reason, if God be disposed to show mercy at all, that he should prefer the one to the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 3:29

Verse 29 29.Is he the God of the Jews only? The second proposition is, that this righteousness belongs no more to the Jews than to the Gentiles: and it was a great matter that this point should be urged, in order that a free passage might be made for the kingdom of Christ through the whole world. He does not then ask simply or expressly, whether God was the Creator of the Gentiles, which was admitted without any dispute; but whether he designed to manifest himself as a Savior also to them. As... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:21-31

(4) The righteousness of God, manifested in Christ and apprehended by faith, is the sole remedy, and available for all. The position enunciated in Romans 1:18 being now sufficiently established, the apostle enters here on his main argument, announced in Romans 1:17 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:21-31

Justification through faith in Christ. The design of the Law, to intensify our sense of sin, having been made plain, the apostle, in the present paragraph, proceeds to show where justification comes from. It does not come from the Law; for the Law can only give us condemnation. It comes from a source foretold in "the Law and the prophets"—from Jesus Christ, our Propitiation. And more than justification, as we shall now see, proceeds from this marvellous source. Three leading thoughts... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:27-30

"Where is the glorying?" The Jews were a glorying people; they gloried in God (see Romans 2:17 ), and they gloried in the Law ( Romans 2:23 ). But now? All glorying was shut out. I. THE FALSE GLORYING . Man's almost universal perversion of religion. Religion should humble him, but he makes it the occasion of boasting. So eminently with the Jews. 1. In the Law. The Law was designed to teach sin, and quicken their longings for holiness. It had become an apparatus of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:29

Is God the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also . This verse is in support of the doctrine, already asserted, and pervading the Epistle, of justification through Christ being for all mankind alike without distinction or partiality; and it comes in here in pursuance of the thought of the preceding verse. In it justification was said to be by faith, and apart from works of law, and therefore in itself available for the Gentiles, who had no... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 3:29-30

Is he the God ... - The Jews supposed that he was the God of their nation only, that they only were to be admitted to his favor. In these verses Paul showed that as all had alike sinned, Jews and Gentiles; and as the plan of salvation by faith was adapted to sinners, without any special reference to Jews; so God could show favors to all, and all might be admitted on the same terms to the benefits of the plan of salvation.It is one God - The same God, there is but one, and his plan is equally... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Romans 3:19-31

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Romans 3:27-31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 3:29

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 3:29

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 3:29

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:21-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:21-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:27-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:29

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 3:29-30

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