Galatians 3:12
But the law is not of faith: but, He that doth those things, shall live in them.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 my judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them. I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 20:11And I gave them my statutes, and I shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them.
Matthew 19:17Who said to him: Why asketh thou me concerning good? One is good, God. But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Romans 4:4Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned according to grace, but according to debt.
Romans 4:16Therefore is it of faith, that according to grace the promise might be firm to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
Romans 10:5For Moses wrote, that the justice which is of the law, the man that shall do it, shall live 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 →