Romans 3:27

boasting Lit. the boasting; i.e. probably "the boasting of the Jew in his pride of privilege." This reference is supported by the next three verses, especially if "for" is read in Romans 3:28 (q.v.).

It is excluded Lit. It was excluded, by the "declaration" made in the Redeemer's death.

the law of faith The word "law," in Greek as in English, is elastic in its reference. In English it is freely used for two almost opposite conceptions, a moral law and a law of nature; of which the first is a precept of duty à priori, the second a statement of observed facts à posteriori. Here the word, connected with faith, evidently means not a moral code but a rule of procedure; the Divine institutethat justification is reached only by faith.