Galatians 3:12
But the law is not of faith; instead, “he who does these things shall live by them.”
Catholic Public Domain 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 18:5Keep my laws and judgments; when a man does these, he shall live by them. I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 20:11And I gave them my precepts, and I revealed to them my judgments, which, if a man does them, he shall live by them.
Matthew 19:17And he said to him: “Why do you question me about what is good? One is good: God. But if you wish to enter into life, observe the commandments.”
Romans 4:4But for he who works, wages are not accounted according to grace, but according to debt.
Romans 4:16Because of this, it is from faith according to grace that the Promise is ensured for all posterity, not only for those who are of the law, but also for those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all before God,
Romans 10:5And Moses wrote, about the justice that is of the law, that the man who will have done justice shall live by justice.
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 →