Galatians 3:12
The law is not of faith, but, “The man who does them will live by them.”
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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 18:5You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances, which if a man does, he shall live in them. I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 20:11I gave them my statutes and showed them my ordinances, which if a man does, he will live in them.
Matthew 19:17He said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
Romans 4:4Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as something owed.
Romans 4:16For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the offspring, 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 writes about the righteousness of the law, “The one who does them 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 →