Romans 3:19-28 Now we know that everything said in the Law is addressed to those who are under its authority, in order that every mouth may be closed, and the whole world become liable to the judgment of God.

Twentieth_Century⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁹ Now we know that everything said in the Law is addressed to those who are under its authority, in order that every mouth may be closed, and the whole world become liable to the judgment of God. ²⁰ For 'no human being will be pronounced righteous before God' as the result of obedience to Law; for it is Law that shows what sin is. ²¹ But now, quite apart from Law, the Divine Righteousness stands revealed, and to it the Law and the Prophets bear witness-- ²² The Divine Righteousness which is bestowed, through faith in Jesus Christ, upon all, without distinction, who believe in him. ²³ For all have sinned, and all fall short of God's glorious ideal, ²⁴ But, in his loving-kindness, are being freely pronounced righteous through the deliverance found in Christ Jesus. ²⁵ For God set him before the world, to be, by the shedding of his blood, a means of reconciliation through faith. And this God did to prove his righteousness, and because, in his forbearance, he had passed over the sins that men had previously committed; ²⁶ As a proof, I repeat, at the present time, of his own righteousness, that he might be righteous in our eyes, and might pronounce righteous the man who takes his stand on faith in Jesus. ²⁷ What, then, becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what sort of Law? A Law requiring obedience? No, a Law requiring faith. ²⁸ For we conclude that a man is pronounced righteous on the ground of faith, quite apart from obedience to Law.