Rom 3:28, Gal 2:16 | JFB | STEP | 27-28. Where is boasting then? ... excluded. By what law?-- on what principle or scheme?. of works? Nay; but by the law of faith.

‏ Romans 3:28

27-28. Where is boasting then? ... excluded. By what law?--on what principle or scheme?.

of works? Nay; but by the law of faith.

‏ Galatians 2:16

15-16. Connect these verses together, and read with most of the oldest manuscripts "But" in the beginning of Ga 2:16: "We (I and thou, Peter) by nature (not by proselytism), Jews, and not sinners as (Jewish language termed the Gentiles) from among the Gentiles, YET (literally, 'BUT') knowing that ... even we (resuming the 'we' of Ga 2:15, 'we also,' as well as the Gentile sinners; casting away trust in the law), have believed," &c.