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Romans 3

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20 Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Romans 3:20. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 4
Word Entries 59
Editorial Notes 0
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Greek Textus Receptus Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain

Coverage: New Testament

Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.

διότι ἐξ ἔργων νόμου οὐ δικαιωθήσεται πᾶσα σὰρξ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ· διὰ γὰρ νόμου ἐπίγνωσις ἁμαρτίας.

15 word entries
διότι
Lemma
dioti
Transliteration
dioti
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1360
Occurrences
22
ἐξ
Lemma
ex
Transliteration
ex
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1537
Occurrences
254
ἔργων
Lemma
ergwn
Transliteration
ergwn
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive plural neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2041
Occurrences
43
νόμου
Lemma
nomou
Transliteration
nomou
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3551
Occurrences
68
οὐ
Lemma
ou
Transliteration
ou
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
844
δικαιωθήσεται
Transliteration
dikaiwqhsetai
Morphology
Greek: verb future passive indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1344
Occurrences
2
πᾶσα
Lemma
pasa
Transliteration
pasa
Morphology
Greek: adjective nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G3956
Occurrences
46
σὰρξ
Lemma
sarx
Transliteration
sarx
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4561
Occurrences
26
ἐνώπιον
Lemma
enwpion
Transliteration
enwpion
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1799
Occurrences
97
αὐτοῦ
Lemma
autou
Transliteration
autou
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
1493
διὰ
Lemma
dia
Transliteration
dia
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1223
Occurrences
535
γὰρ
Lemma
gar
Transliteration
gar
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1063
Occurrences
1068
νόμου
Lemma
nomou
Transliteration
nomou
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3551
Occurrences
68
ἐπίγνωσις
Transliteration
epignwsiv
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G1922
Occurrences
1
ἁμαρτίας
Transliteration
amartiav
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G266
Occurrences
58
Tischendorf / Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain

Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel

Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.

διότι ἐξ ἔργων νόμου οὐ δικαιωθήσεται πᾶσα σὰρξ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, διὰ γὰρ νόμου ἐπίγνωσις ἁμαρτίας.

15 word entries
διότι
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G1360
Occurrences
25
ἐξ
Lemma
ἐκ
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1537
Occurrences
915
ἔργων
Morphology
N-GPN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2041
Occurrences
169
νόμου
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3551
Occurrences
195
οὐ
Lemma
οὐ
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
1626
δικαιωθήσεται
Morphology
V-FPI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1344
Occurrences
39
πᾶσα
Lemma
πᾶς
Morphology
A-NSF
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G3956
Occurrences
1224
σὰρξ
Morphology
N-NSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4561
Occurrences
147
ἐνώπιον
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G1799
Occurrences
93
αὐτοῦ,
Morphology
P-GSM
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
διὰ
Lemma
διά
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1223
Occurrences
633
γὰρ
Lemma
γάρ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G1063
Occurrences
1036
νόμου
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3551
Occurrences
195
ἐπίγνωσις
Morphology
N-NSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G1922
Occurrences
20
ἁμαρτίας.
Morphology
N-GSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0266
Occurrences
172
Syriac Peshitta New Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: New Testament

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܡܛܠ ܕܡܢ ܥܒܕܘܗܝ ܕܢܡܘܣܐ ܠܐ ܡܙܕܕܩ ܟܠ ܒܣܪ ܩܕܡܘܗܝ ܡܢ ܢܡܘܣܐ ܓܝܪ ܐܬܝܕܥܬ ܚܛܝܬܐ

14 word entries
ܡܛܠ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܡܛܠ
Transliteration
mtl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
632
ܕܡܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܕܡܢ
Transliteration
dmn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
259
ܥܒܕܘܗܝ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
'bdwhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
29
ܕܢܡܘܣܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
dnmws'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
35
ܠܐ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Lemma
ܠܐ
Transliteration
la
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not
Occurrences
1681
ܡܙܕܕܩ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
mzddq
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
8
ܟܠ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Lemma
ܟܠ
Transliteration
kul
Morphology
quantifier/adjective
Gloss
all, every
Occurrences
280
ܒܣܪ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܒܣܪ
Transliteration
bsr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
16
ܩܕܡܘܗܝ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
qdmwhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
29
ܡܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܡܢ
Transliteration
mn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2166
ܢܡܘܣܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
nmws'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
114
ܓܝܪ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܓܝܪ
Transliteration
gyr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1085
ܐܬܝܕܥܬ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
'tyd't
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences
7
ܚܛܝܬܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
htyt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
52
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

quia ex operibus legis non justificabitur omnis caro coram illo. Per legem enim cognitio peccati.

15 word entries
quia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quia
Transliteration
quia
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
2543
ex
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ex
Transliteration
ex
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
1715
operibus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
opus
Transliteration
operibus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
656
legis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
lex
Transliteration
legis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
596
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
iustificabitur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
iustificabitur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
80
omnis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
omnis
Transliteration
omnis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5506
caro
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
caro
Transliteration
caro
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
433
coram
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
coram
Transliteration
coram
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
710
illo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ille
Transliteration
illo
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4947
per
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
per
Transliteration
per
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
1915
legem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
lex
Transliteration
legem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
596
enim
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
enim
Transliteration
enim
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
2392
cognitio
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
cognitio
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
7
peccati
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
peccati
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
608

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

Galatians 2:16

yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.

31 relevance votes

Acts 13:39

and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

23 relevance votes

Romans 3:28

We maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

21 relevance votes

Galatians 2:19

For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God.

18 relevance votes

Romans 4:15

For the law produces wrath; for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience.

17 relevance votes

Romans 5:20

The law came in that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly,

12 relevance votes

Romans 4:13

For the promise to Abraham and to his offspring that he would be heir of the world wasn’t through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

12 relevance votes

Romans 9:32

Why? Because they didn’t seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

12 relevance votes

Psalms 143:2

Don’t enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous.

9 relevance votes

Galatians 5:4

You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.

7 relevance votes

Psalms 130:3

If you, LORD, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?

6 relevance votes

Romans 5:13

For until the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not charged when there is no law.

5 relevance votes
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