Galatians 3:12
but the law is not on the principle of faith; but, He that shall have done these things shall live by them.
Darby Translation
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 18:5And ye shall observe my statutes and my judgments, by which the man that doeth them shall live: I am Jehovah.
Ezekiel 20:11And I gave them my statutes, and made known unto them mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them.
Matthew 19:17And he said to him, What askest thou me concerning goodness? one is good. But if thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments.
Romans 4:4Now to him that works the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but of debt:
Romans 4:16Therefore [it is] on the principle of faith, that [it might be] according to grace, in order to the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that only which [is] of the law, but to that also which [is] of Abraham's faith, who is father of us all,
Romans 10:5For Moses lays down in writing the righteousness which is of the law, The man who has practised those 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 →