Legal Justification Impossible Because
W. Burkitt, M. A. Romans 3:19-20 Now we know that what things soever the law said, it said to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped… I. MAN IS FLESH. 1. Depraved by original corruption. 2. Obnoxious by actual transgression. II. THE BEST OBEDIENCE TO THE LAW THAT HE CAN PERFORM IS IMPERFECT. III. ALL THAT HE DOES OR CAN DO IS A DUE DEBT HE OWES TO THE LAW. 1. He owes all possible obedience to the law as a creature. 2. But by performing all his debts as a creature he can never pay his debts as a transgressor. 3. Christ alone is able to justify him. (W. Burkitt, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. WEB: Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.