Romans 3:20

²⁰Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.n

Romans 3 is the theological hinge of the letter. Paul dismantles every human claim to righteousness—Jew and Gentile alike—and declares that all stand guilty before God. The law, far from saving, only silences every mouth. Then, in a thunderclap of grace, Paul unveils the gospel: a r