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Galatians 3:12

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

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.

In Context

11Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”

13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:5Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 20:11And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.

Matthew 19:17“Why do you call Me good?” Jesus replied. “There is no one who is good but God. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”

Romans 4:4Now the wages of the worker are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation.

Romans 4:16Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.

Romans 10:5For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will 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 →

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