Galatians 3:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.””
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“The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.”
King James Version · Public Domain“and the law is not of faith; but, He that doeth them shall live in them.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and the law is not by faith, but--`The man who did them shall live in them.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Galatians 3:12 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 18:5Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
- Nehemiah 9:29You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They stubbornly shrugged their shoulders; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.
- 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.
- Ezekiel 20:13Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.
- Matthew 19:17“Why do you ask Me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”
- Luke 10:25One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
- Romans 4:4Now the wages of the worker are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation.
- Romans 4:14For if those who live by the law are heirs, faith is useless and the promise is worthless,
- 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 9:30What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;
- Romans 10:5For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”
- Romans 11:6And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.
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