Manly Luscombe Commentary on NT

Romans 3:21-31

1. How can one be justified by faith?

a. Justification by faith as related to the law

i. Was justification tied to the law?

1. Apart from the law 21

2. Apart from works of the law 28

ii. Was justification by faith limited to Jew or gentiles?

1. No distinction 22

a. All have sinned 23

b. Jews and Gentiles 3:9

2. God is impartial

a. He is God of both Jew and gentile 29

b. Both are justified by faith 30

iii. What about those who lived before Christ?

1. God "passed over" their sins 25

2. Passed over

b. Did God "really" forgive sins then?

3. Forbearance

a. Tolerance, long-suffering

iv. Why was it necessary for Christ to die for sin?

1. Showed God's righteousness in passing over sins

2. Showed that God was Just and the justifier 26

v. Is there room for human pride in salvation by faith?

1. What is meant by saying that the works of the law could not exclude glorying?

a. It is done apart from the law 28

b. Grace - leaves no room for boasting

c. Man has earned nothing.

2. What may we conclude them?

a. All men sinned 23

b. Man cannot appeal to anything he has done

c. This is not in contradiction to the law

d. Justification by faith

i. Does not come through the law

ii. Is independent of the law

iii. Is available to both Jew and gentile

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