Galatians 3:12

and the law is not by faith, but — 'The man who did them shall live in them.'

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11and that in law no one is declared righteous with God, is evident, because 'The righteous by faith shall live;'

13Christ did redeem us from the curse of the law, having become for us a curse, for it hath been written, 'Cursed is every one who is hanging on a tree,'

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:5and ye have kept My statutes and My judgments which man doth and liveth in them; I [am] Jehovah.

Ezekiel 20:11And I give to them My statutes, And my judgments I caused them to know, Which the man who doth — liveth by them.

Matthew 19:17And he said to him, 'Why me dost thou call good? no one [is] good except One — God; but if thou dost will to enter into the life, keep the commands.'

Romans 4:4and to him who is working, the reward is not reckoned of grace, but of debt;

Romans 4:16Because of this [it is] of faith, that [it may be] according to grace, for the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that which [is] of the law only, but also to that which [is] of the faith of Abraham,

Romans 10:5for Moses doth describe the righteousness that [is] of the law, that, 'The man who did them shall live in 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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