Galatians 3:12
The law, indeed, is not of faith; but he that does these things shall live by them.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
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
Matthew 19:17Why do you call me good? There is none good but one, that is God. But if you desire to enter into life, keep the commandments.
Romans 4:4Now to him that works, the reward is not counted as a favor, but as a debt:
Romans 4:16Therefore, the inheritance is by faith, that it may be according to grace, in order that the promise may be sure to all his posterity, not to those only who are of the law, but to those, also, who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
Romans 10:5For Moses describes the justification which is by the law: That the man who does these things shall live by 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 →