Galatians 3:12
And the law is not from faith, but the man who does them will live in them.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 18:5Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my ordinances, which if a man does, he shall live in them. I am LORD.
Ezekiel 20:11And I gave them my statutes, and showed them my ordinances, which if a man does, he shall live in them.
Matthew 19:17And he said to him, Why do thou call me good? There is none good except one, God. But if thou want to enter into life, keep the commandments.
Romans 4:4Now to the man being employed, the wage is not reckoned according to grace, but according to obligation.
Romans 4:16Because of this it is from faith, so that it is according to grace, in order for the promise to be sure to all the seed, not only to the seed from the law, but also to the seed from the faith of Abraham, who is father of us all
Romans 10:5For Moses writes in the righteousness from the law, that the man that does them will live in them.
Matthew Henry on Galatians 3:7-19
Justification by Faith. ( a. d. 56.) 6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. 7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. 8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. 9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. 10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is… Read the whole commentary →