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Well said, Paul is teaching about two covenants.There are two laws spoken of in Romans 3 i.e. verse 27, one law it requires "works" and one requires "Faith", these were of the two covenants.
So, what Paul is saying that the Law that requires "works" is uphold by the Law that requires "Faith".
By isolating Rom 3:31 from a vital Christian doctrine, the opposite of what Paul is teaching can be adopted.
The Righteousness of God Through Faith
Rom 3:21¶But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it—(Paul is teaching that the OT (law and the Prophets) prophesied of a new covenant, unlike the one given to Moses (THE LAW)
Rom 3:22the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction:
Rom 3:23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
(Everyone will be judged about their sins)
Rom 3:24and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
Rom 3:25whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.
Rom 3:26It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
( Faith is all about the one who believes and accepts the blood of Jesus to cleans their sins
Rom 3:27Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith.
(Noone can brag and say I kept the law)
Rom 3:28For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
( Paul reinforces verse 21 that faith has nothing to do with the law)
Rom 3:29Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,
Rom 3:30since God is one—who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
Rom 3:31Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
(in context, verse 31 is saying that: living by faith is not breaking God's commandments)
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