Galatians 3:12
And the law is not of faith; but, He who does them will have life by them.
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And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
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Leviticus 18:5So keep my rules and my decisions, which, if a man does them, will be life to him: I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 20:11And I gave them my rules and made clear to them my orders, which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him.
Matthew 19:17And he said to him, Why are you questioning me about what is good? One there is who is good: but if you have a desire to go into life, keep the rules of the law.
Romans 4:4Now, the reward is credited to him who does works, not as of grace but as a debt.
Romans 4:16For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
Romans 10:5For Moses says that the man who does the righteousness which is of the law will get life by it.
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 →