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Boasting (καύχησις)
Rev., glorying. Only once outside of Paul's writings, Jam 4:16. See on rejoiceth, Jam 2:13. Not ground of boasting, which would be καύχημα, as Rom 4:2; 2Co 1:14; Phi 1:26. The reference is to the glorying of the Jew (Rom 2:17), proclaiming his own goodness and the merit of his ceremonial observances.
It is excluded (ἐξεκλείσθη)
A peculiarly vivid use of the aorist tense. It was excluded by the coming in of the revelation of righteousness by faith.
By what law? (διὰ ποίου νόμου)
Lit., by what kind of a law? Rev., by what manner of law? What is the nature of the excluding law?
Of works? (τῶν ἔργων)
Lit., the works, of which the Jew makes so much. Is it a law that enjoins these works? Nay, but a law which enjoins faith. Paul does not suppose two laws and give the preference to one. There is but one divine law of ejectment, the quality of which is such that, instead of enjoining the Jews' works, it enjoins faith. The old and the new forms of the religious life are brought under the one conception of law.