Romans 3:20

¹⁸ “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

¹⁹ Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.

²¹ But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets.

²² And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
KJV: Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
WEB: Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
ASV: because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law [cometh] the knowledge of sin.
DARBY: Wherefore by works of law no flesh shall be justified before him; for by law [is] knowledge of sin.
BLB: Therefore by works of the law, not any flesh will be justified before Him; for through the law [is] knowledge of sin.

ÅB: siden ingen blir rettferdiggjort for ham ved lovgjerninger. For ved loven kommer erkjennelse av synd.
OTB: Derfor vil ingen bli rettferdiggjort i hans øyne ved lovens gjerninger; for gjennom loven kommer kunnskap om synd.
B1930: siden intet kjød blir rettferdiggjort for ham ved lov-gjerninger; for ved loven kommer syndens erkjennelse.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Galatians 2:16
know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
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Acts 13:39
Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.
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Romans 3:28
For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
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Galatians 2:19
For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God.
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Romans 4:15
because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.
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Romans 4:13
For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
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Romans 9:32
Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
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Romans 5:20
The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
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