2 “For a fact I know that this is so.

But how can mortal man be in the right in a case with God?+

20 Therefore, no one* will be declared righteous before him by works of law,+ for by law comes the accurate knowledge of sin.+

16 recognize that a man is declared righteous, not by works of law, but only through faith+ in Jesus Christ.+ So we have put our faith in Christ Jesus, so that we may be declared righteous by faith in Christ and not by works of law, for no one* will be declared righteous by works of law.+