Study it in the app“yet knowing that a person is not declared righteous by works of the law but through faith in Jesus the Messiah, we too have believed in the Messiah Jesus, so that we might be declared righteous by faith in the Messiah and not by works of the law; because by works of the law no flesh will be declared righteous.”
yetδὲknowingεἰδότεςthatὅτιa personἄνθρωποςis notοὐdeclared righteousδικαιοῦταιbyἐξworksἔργωνof the lawνόμουbutἐὰν μὴthroughδιὰfaithπίστεωςin JesusἸησοῦthe Messiah,Χριστοῦweἡμεῖςtooκαὶhave believedἐπιστεύσαμενinεἰςthe MessiahΧριστὸνJesus,Ἰησοῦνso thatἵναwe might be declared righteousδικαιωθῶμενbyἐκfaithπίστεωςin the MessiahΧριστοῦandκαὶnotοὐκbyἐξworksἔργωνof the law;νόμουbecauseὅτιbyἐξworksἔργωνof the lawνόμουno fleshοὐ πᾶσα σάρξwill be declared righteous.δικαιωθήσεται
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “eidotes” appearssomeone
Any person, without saying who, as in the parables.
Where else “anthrōpos” appearsdeclare righteous
God pronouncing you in the right and forgiving you.
Where else “dikaioutai” appearsdeed
What someone does, their conduct.
Where else “ergōn” appearslaw
The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.
Where else “nomou” appearstrust
Truly trusting in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pisteōs” appearsJesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsou” appearsMessiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christou” appearstrust
To trust in God or in Jesus.
Where else “episteusamen” appearsmortal
Human beings, frail and mortal.
Where else “sarx” appears“Faith in Jesus the Messiah”: it can also be understood “the faithfulness of Jesus the Messiah.” The last sentence recalls Psalm 143:2, as in Romans 3:20.
15We are Jews by nature and not sinners from the nations,
16 · This verse (above)
17But if, while seeking to be declared righteous in the Messiah, we ourselves were also found to be sinners, is the Messiah then a servant of sin? By no means!
