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Forγὰρwe considerλογιζόμεθαthat a personἄνθρωπονis declared righteousδικαιοῦσθαιby faithπίστειapart fromχωρὶςworksἔργωνof the law.νόμου
Romans 3:28
Study it in the app“For we consider that a person is declared righteous by faith apart from works of the law.”
With the Greek beneath
Romans 3:28, word by word
- we considerλογιζόμεθαlogizometha
consider
To think that something is so.
Where else “logizometha” appears- that a personἄνθρωπονanthrōpon
someone
Any person, without saying who, as in the parables.
Where else “anthrōpon” appears- is declared righteousδικαιοῦσθαιdikaiousthai
declare righteous
God pronouncing you in the right and forgiving you.
Where else “dikaiousthai” appears- by faithπίστειpistei
trust
Truly trusting in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pistei” appears- apart fromχωρὶςchōris
without, apart from
Without, apart from.
Where else “chōris” appears- worksἔργωνergōn
deed
What someone does, their conduct.
Where else “ergōn” appears- of the lawνόμουnomou
law
The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.
Where else “nomou” appears
The context
27Where, then, is boasting? It was excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.
28 · This verse (above)
29Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not also of the nations? Yes, also of the nations,
To study Romans 3 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul say about everyone, and about how they are treated through God's grace? (vv. 22-24)
2. What it means
Although some were unfaithful, Paul says God's faithfulness is not nullified. How does he explain this? (vv. 3-4)
3. How I live it
Paul speaks of a gift that is not earned (v. 24). How can you live today with gratitude for what you have received without deserving it?