Galatians 3:12
and the Law has nothing to do with faith, but declares, The man that has done these things shall live therein.
Montgomery New Testament
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
Matthew 19:17"Why do you ask me about what is good?" asked Jesus. "There is but One who is good. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."
Romans 4:4Now if a man earn his pay by his work, it is not counted to him as a favor, but it is paid him as a debt;
Romans 4:16This is why righteousness is of faith, that it may be a free gift; so that the promise stands firm to all Abraham’s posterity; not to his children of his faith. For in the sight of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead, and calls into being that which is not, Abraham is the father of us all both Jews and Gentiles,
Romans 10:5For Moses writes concerning the righteousness of the Law, saying, The man that doeth 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 →