To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
26. For a demonstration, There is a different preposition used here, πρὸς, while εἰς is found in the preceding verse. The meaning seems to be the same, for both prepositions are used to designate the design, end, or object of any thing.
Man in his corrupted state can never gain acceptance with God by any works of his own. If we had never sinned, obedience would have saved us; but having sinned, nothing we do can atone for our guilt. All justification is resolved into the free grace of God through Christ alone, received by faith.
AI summary
Commenting on Romans 3:19-31
Seeing it is one God,.... God is one in nature and essence, though there are three persons in the Godhead, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; whence it appears, that he that is the God of the Jews, is also the God of the Gentiles, or there would be more gods than one; and that these are justified in one and the same manner, or God...