Rom 3:21 | RWP | e4.org | But now apart from the law ( νυν δε χωρις νομου ). He now ( νυν emphatic logical transition) proceeds carefully in verses the nature of the God-kind of righteousness which stands manifested ( δικαιοσυνη θεου πεφανερωτα , perfect passive indicative of φανεροω , to make manifest), the necessity of which he has shown in . This God kind of righteousness is "apart from law" of any kind and all of grace ( χαριτ ) as he will show in verse . But it is not a new discovery on the part of Paul, but "witnessed by the law and the prophets" ( μαρτυρουμενη , present passive participle, υπο του νομου κα των προφητων ), made plain continuously by God himself.

‏ Romans 3:21

But now apart from the law ( νυν δε χωρις νομου ). He now ( νυν emphatic logical transition) proceeds carefully in verses 21-31 the

nature of the God-kind of righteousness which stands manifested ( δικαιοσυνη θεου πεφανερωτα, perfect passive indicative of φανεροω, to make manifest), the

necessity of which he has shown in 1:18-3:20. This God kind of righteousness is "apart from law" of any kind and all of grace ( χαριτ ) as he will show in verse 24. But it is not a new discovery on the part of Paul, but "witnessed by the law and the prophets" ( μαρτυρουμενη, present passive participle, υπο του νομου κα των προφητων ), made plain continuously by God himself.