²⁷ Where, then, is boasting?^(A) It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith.

² If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about—but not before God.^(A)

²⁹ so that no one may boast before him.^(A)

³¹ Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”^[a](A)