Galatians 3:11

Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

In Context

10All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

12The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”

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Cross References

Job 9:3If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.

Job 42:6Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes.”

Psalms 130:3If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?

Ecclesiastes 7:20Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

Isaiah 53:6We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.

Habakkuk 2:4Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith—

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 →

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