“Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.”
For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law. The thesis statement of justification by faith alone. A person is justified—declared righteous, accepted by God—not through attempting the law's impossible demands but through faith. This is the revolutionary claim.
Church Fathers on Romans 3:28
“Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the Law.” When he had shown that by faith they were superior to the Jews, then he goes on with great confidence to discourse upon it also, and what seemed therein to annoy he again heals up. For these two things were what confused the Jews; one, if it were possible for men, who with works were not saved, to be saved without them, and another, if it were just for the uncircumcised to enjoy the same…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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