Where then is the glorying? It is excluded. By what manner of law? of works? Nay: but by. law of faith.

'Glorying' -'boasting' (NASV); 'then what becomes of our boasting' (Mof).

Why were sins left unpunished? The Jew would say, that was because. was good! The Gentile would say, that was because. wasn't like the rank and file decadent. GOD SAYS NO! That's not why the sins where left unpunished. The acquittal of sin revealed in the gospel contains nothing that man can 'boast about'.

'It is excluded' -'It has been shut out' (Con); 'It is ruled out absolutely' (Mof)

'By what manner of law' -'On what principle' (Mof). If one could perfectly keep the law, then one could 'boast'. But since salvation is based on the innocent dying for the guilty, and is only obtained by humble submission, all boasting has been ruled out. This obedient faith or humble submission, Paul calls the 'law of faith'. "Depending on the innocent to justify the guilty is what Paul calls the law of faith".

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