σὰρξ (sarx) in Romans 3:20: Noun Nominative Singular Feminine

Noun: this form names a reality or condition, here the human sphere described as "flesh" rather than a different lemma.

Nominative: this form normally marks a subject or a related predicate role, and here it stands with the statement that follows about justification.

Singular: the form is grammatically singular in this occurrence, presenting the noun as a collective or representative idea in context.

Feminine: this noun belongs to the feminine grammatical class, which is a language feature and does not by itself make a theological claim.

πᾶσα σὰρξ

The clause is governed by the future passive verb δικαιωθήσεται, so the noun participates in the statement that no flesh will be justified from works of law before God.

It functions as the subject idea of the negated passive claim, expressing the breadth of the warning as a general human category under judgment.

It is not a standalone theological definition of flesh, and the nominative form here should not be pressed to settle every nuance beyond the verse's own claim.

High: The nominative noun names the human category in Paul's claim that no flesh is justified by works of law.

Nominative subject of a negated passive claim. names the subject category that will not be justified from works of law. Attached to πᾶσα σὰρξ. Governed by δικαιωθήσεται. The grammar marks the subject of the passive statement; Paul's argument supplies the theological conclusion.

Who is excluded from justification by works of law? The noun names all flesh, a broad human category in the clause.

Direct: The subject role directly supports rendering no flesh or no one as justified by works of law.

The singular noun with πᾶσα functions as a broad human category, not a single body or one person.

Flesh always means physical body only: The noun can name embodied humanity here; Paul's clause controls the sense rather than the morphology alone.

The witness reads σὰρξ in Romans 3:20 within the clause οὐ δικαιωθήσεται πᾶσα σὰρξ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, so the form is anchored in a universal negated statement.

The lemma σάρξ commonly refers to flesh or the bodily, human sphere, and in this context it can carry the wider sense of humanity in its weakness before God.

Its nominative singular form lets it serve as the clause's subject idea, but the surrounding negation, adjective, and passive verb supply the actual force of the statement.

Paul's point is that no person can be declared righteous by works of law in God's presence; the form supports that universal scope without adding a separate claim.

This fits the broader canonical pattern where human inability and divine grace are contrasted, while still allowing the noun to mean real human life rather than an abstract symbol only.

For teaching and translation, the form helps readers hear the sentence as a broad human verdict, not as a narrow comment on one individual or one subgroup.

Do not derive a doctrine from gender, and do not treat nominative case alone as proof of subject meaning apart from the sentence's negation and verb.