To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
To declare, [I say], at this time his righteousness - `For the showing forth of His righteousness at this present time' (meaning the present Gospel time),
That he might ('may') be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus - `of him which is of the faith of Jesus.' Glorious paradox! 'Just in punishing,' and 'merciful in pardoning,' men can understand; but 'just in justifying' the guilty startles them. But the propitiation through faith in Christ's blood resolves the paradox, and harmonizes the seemingly discordant element. For in that "God hath made Him to be sin for us who knew no sin," justice has full satisfaction; and in that "we are made the righteousness of God in Him," mercy has all her desire. [The word 'Ieesou (G2424), at the close of this verse, is capriciously rejected in Tischendorf's text, though wanting only in FG, one cursive, and three copies of the Old Latin; while it is found in 'Aleph (') A B C K, several cursives, the two principal manuscripts of the Vulgate, the Peshito Syriac, and several Greek fathers. Lachmann and Tregelles retain it.]
Inferences from this Doctrine of Gratuitous Justification by Faith-An Objection Answer (Romans 3:27-31)
Inference First: Boasting is Excluded Only by this Way of Justification.