Galatians 3:11

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Now that no man is justified by the law before God, is evident: for, The righteous shall live by faith;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Galatians 3:11 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 8:46When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to his own land, whether far or near,
  2. Job 9:3If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
  3. Job 40:4“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
  4. Job 42:6Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
  5. Psalms 19:12Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
  6. Psalms 130:3If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
  7. Psalms 143:2Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.
  8. Ecclesiastes 7:20Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
  9. Isaiah 6:5Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
  10. 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.
  11. Isaiah 64:6Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
  12. Habakkuk 2:4Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright— but the righteous will live by faith—
  13. Romans 1:17For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
  14. Galatians 2:16know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
  15. Hebrews 10:38But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
  16. James 3:2We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.
  17. 1 John 1:8If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
  18. Revelation 5:9And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
  19. Revelation 7:14“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

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