Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? Nay, but by the law of faith.
Where then is the glorying? It is excluded. By what manner of law? of works? Nay: but by a law of faith.
Then what becomes of [our] boasting? It is excluded [entirely ruled out, banished]. On what principle? On [the principle of good] works? No, but on the principle of faith.
Then what becomes of [our] pride and [our] boasting? It is excluded (banished, ruled out entirely). On what principle? [On the principle] of doing good deeds? No, but on the principle of faith.
Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By one of works? No, on the contrary, by a law of faith.
Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By one of works? No, on the contrary, by a law of faith.
What happens to our bragging? It’s thrown out. With which law? With what we have accomplished under the Law?
So what room is left for boasting? None at all! What kind of Torah excludes it? One that has to do with legalistic observance of rules? No, rather, a Torah that has to do with trusting.
What is left for us to brag about? Not a thing! Is it because we obeyed some law? No! It is because of faith.
Where then [is] boasting? It has been excluded. By what law? of works? Nay, but by law of faith;
Where then is the boasting? It was shut-out. Through what kind of law? Of works? No, but through a law of faith.
Where is then thy boasting? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith.
So do we have any reason to boast about ourselves? No reason at all. And why not? Because we are depending on the way of faith, not on what we have done in following the law.
So then, nobody should be proud that they are good enough. Nobody becomes right with God because they have done good things. No! God accepts a person only if that person believes in Jesus Christ.
What happens to boasting then? It has been eliminated. By what principle—by the principle of works? No, but by the principle of faith.
Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith.
Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith.
·So do we have a reason to brag about ourselves? No! [L Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded.] ·And why not [L By what law/principle]? It is the ·way [law; principle] of faith that stops all ·bragging [boasting], not the ·way [law; principle] of ·trying to obey the law [L works].
Where is then the rejoicing? It is excluded. By what Law? of works? Nay: but by the Law of faith.
So, do we have anything to brag about? Bragging has been eliminated. On what basis was it eliminated? On the basis of our own efforts? No, indeed! Rather, it is eliminated on the basis of faith.
What, then, can we boast about? Nothing! And what is the reason for this? Is it that we obey the Law? No, but that we believe.
Where then is boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By one of works? No, on the contrary, by a law of faith.
So do we have a reason to brag about ourselves? No! And why not? It is the way of faith that stops all bragging, not the way of following the law.
What, then, is there to boast about? That has been eliminated. On what principle? On that of actions? No, but on the principle of faith.
What happens now to human pride of achievement? There is no more room for it. Why, because failure to keep the Law has killed it? Not at all, but because the whole matter is now on a different plane—believing instead of achieving. We see now that a man is justified before God by the fact of his faith in God’s appointed Saviour and not by what he has managed to achieve under the Law.
Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? No, but by the law of faith.
Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
Where then is boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.
Therefore, where is boasting? It has been excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.
Then what can we boast about doing to earn our salvation? Nothing at all. Why? Because our acquittal is not based on our good deeds; it is based on what Christ has done and our faith in him.
So where does that leave our proud Jewish insider claims and counterclaims? Canceled? Yes, canceled. What we’ve learned is this: God does not respond to what we do; we respond to what God does. We’ve finally figured it out. Our lives get in step with God and all others by letting him set the pace, not by proudly or anxiously trying to run the parade.
Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith.
Where then is · boasting? It has been excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith.
So, do we have anything to brag about? Bragging has been eliminated. On what basis was it eliminated? On the basis of our own efforts? No, indeed! Rather, it is eliminated on the basis of faith.
What occasion is there then for boasting? It is ruled out. On what principle, that of works? No, rather on the principle of faith.
Where then is boasting? It has been excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.
Where then is boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.
What reason then does one have to boast? It is excluded! By works of the Law? No, rather by the law of faith.
So do we have a reason to brag about ourselves? No! And why not? It is the way of faith that stops all bragging, not the way of trying to obey the law.
Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded! By what principle? Of works? No, but by the principle of faith!
So who can brag? No one! Are people saved by the law that requires them to obey? Not at all! They are saved because of the law that requires faith.
Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith.
Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the ‘law’ that requires faith.
Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith.
What then do we have to be proud of? Nothing at all! Why? Is it because men obey the Law? No! It is because men put their trust in Christ.
Can we boast, then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is not based on obeying the law. It is based on faith.
Where then is self-righteousness? It is excluded. By what law? By the law of works? No, but by the law of faith.
Then what becomes of boasting? It is excluded. By what law? By that of works? No, but by the law of faith.
Then what becomes of boasting? It is excluded. By what law? By that of works? No, but by the law of faith.
Then what becomes of boasting? It is excluded. By what law? By that of works? No, but by the law of faith.
Then what becomes of boasting? It is excluded. Through what kind of law? That of works? No, rather through the law of faith.
So what happens to boasting? It is ruled out! Through what sort of law? The law of works? No: through the law of faith!
Where then is boasting? (Ro 4:2) It has been memayet (precluded, excluded). By what kind of Torah? Of ma’asim (works)? No, on the contrary, by the Torah of Emunah (the Law of Faith, that is, the Law understood in terms of emunah).
Where, then, is the boasting? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the Law of faith.
Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On the principle of works? No, but on the principle of faith.
Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On the principle of works? No, but on the principle of faith.
Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. By what principle? Of works? No, but by the principle of faith.
So is there any place left for boasting? No. It’s been shut out completely. And how? By what sort of law? The law of works perhaps? No! By the law of faith.
Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.
Then what have we to be proud of? Nothing at all. Why not? Does God put us right with himself because of anything we have done? No. He does it because we believe.
Where then is thy glorying? It is excluded. By what law? Of deeds doing? Nay, but by the law of faith.
Where then [is] the boasting? it was excluded; by what law? of works? no, but by a law of faith:
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