Galatians 3:12

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And the law is not of faith; but, He who does them will have life by them.

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  • Lev 18:5 : 5 So keep my rules and my decisions, which, if a man does them, will be life to him: I am the Lord.
  • Rom 10:5-6 : 5 For Moses says that the man who does the righteousness which is of the law will get life by it. 6 But the righteousness which is of faith says these words, Say not in your heart, Who will go up to heaven? (that is, to make Christ come down:)
  • Rom 11:6 : 6 But if it is of grace, then it is no longer of works: or grace would not be grace.
  • Rom 4:14 : 14 For if they who are of the law are the people who get the heritage, then faith is made of no use, and the word of God has no power;
  • Neh 9:29 : 29 And gave witness against them so that you might make them come back again to your law: but their hearts were lifted up, and they gave no attention to your orders and went against your decisions (which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him), and turning their backs on you, made their necks stiff and did not give ear.
  • Ezek 20:11 : 11 And I gave them my rules and made clear to them my orders, which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him.
  • Ezek 20:13 : 13 But the children of Israel would not be controlled by me in the waste land: they were not guided by my rules, and they were turned away from my orders, which, if a man does them, will be life to him; and they had no respect for my Sabbaths: then I said that I would let loose my passion on them in the waste land, and put an end to them.
  • Matt 19:17 : 17 And he said to him, Why are you questioning me about what is good? One there is who is good: but if you have a desire to go into life, keep the rules of the law.
  • Luke 10:25-28 : 25 And a certain teacher of the law got up and put him to the test, saying, Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life? 26 And he said to him, What does the law say, in your reading of it? 27 And he, answering, said, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and for your neighbour as for yourself. 28 And he said, You have given the right answer: do this and you will have life.
  • Rom 4:4-5 : 4 Now, the reward is credited to him who does works, not as of grace but as a debt. 5 But to him who without working has faith in him who gives righteousness to the evil-doer, his faith is put to his account as righteousness.
  • Rom 4:16 : 16 For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
  • Rom 9:30-32 : 30 What then may we say? That the nations who did not go after righteousness have got righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith: 31 But Israel, going after a law of righteousness, did not get it. 32 Why? Because they were not searching for it by faith, but by works. They came up against the stone which was in the way;

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  • Gal 3:9-11
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    9So then those who are of faith have a part in the blessing of Abraham who was full of faith.

    10For all who are of the works of the law are under a curse: because it is said in the Writings, A curse is on everyone who does not keep on doing all the things which are ordered in the book of the law.

    11Now that no man gets righteousness by the law in the eyes of God, is clear; because, The upright will be living by faith.

  • Rom 10:4-6
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    4For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who has faith.

    5For Moses says that the man who does the righteousness which is of the law will get life by it.

    6But the righteousness which is of faith says these words, Say not in your heart, Who will go up to heaven? (that is, to make Christ come down:)

  • Rom 2:12-14
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    12All those who have done wrong without the law will get destruction without the law: and those who have done wrong under the law will have their punishment by the law;

    13For it is not the hearers of the law who will be judged as having righteousness before God, but only the doers:

    14For when the Gentiles without the law have a natural desire to do the things in the law, they are a law to themselves;

  • Gal 3:21-25
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    21Is the law then against the words of God? in no way; because if there had been a law which was able to give life, truly righteousness would have been by the law.

    22However, the holy Writings have put all things under sin, so that that for which God gave the undertaking, based on faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who have such faith.

    23But before faith came, we were kept in prison under the law, waiting for the revelation of the faith which was to come.

    24So the law has been a servant to take us to Christ, so that we might have righteousness by faith.

    25But now that faith is come, we are no longer under a servant.

  • Rom 3:27-28
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    27What reason, then, is there for pride? It is shut out. By what sort of law? of works? No, but by a law of faith.

    28For this reason, then, a man may get righteousness by faith without the works of the law.

  • Gal 2:16
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    16Being conscious that a man does not get righteousness by the works of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ, we had faith in Christ Jesus, so that we might get righteousness by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law will no flesh get righteousness.

  • Rom 3:30-31
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    30If God is one; and he will give righteousness because of faith to those who have circumcision, and through faith to those who have not circumcision.

    31Do we, then, through faith make the law of no effect? in no way: but we make it clear that the law is important.

  • Rom 3:20-22
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    20Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

    21But now without the law there is a revelation of the righteousness of God, to which witness is given by the law and the prophets;

    22That is, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, to all those who have faith; and one man is not different from another,

  • Gal 2:19
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    19For I, through the law, have become dead to the law, so that I might be living to God.

  • Rom 4:13-16
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    13For God's word, that the earth would be his heritage, was given to Abraham, not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

    14For if they who are of the law are the people who get the heritage, then faith is made of no use, and the word of God has no power;

    15For the outcome of the law is wrath; but where there is no law it will not be broken.

    16For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

  • Gal 3:5
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    5He who gives you the Spirit, and does works of power among you, is it by the works of law, or by the hearing of faith?

  • Rom 1:17
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    17For in it there is the revelation of the righteousness of God from faith to faith: as it is said in the holy Writings, The man who does righteousness will be living by his faith.

  • Rom 2:27
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    27And they, by their keeping of the law without circumcision, will be judges of you, by whom the law is broken though you have the letter of the law and circumcision.

  • Gal 2:21
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    21I do not make the grace of God of no effect: because if righteousness is through the law, then Christ was put to death for nothing.

  • Phil 3:9
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    9And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

  • Gal 3:13
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    13Christ has made us free from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us: because it is said in the Writings, A curse on everyone who is put to death by hanging on a tree:

  • Rom 8:4
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    4So that what was ordered by the law might be done in us, who are living, not in the way of the flesh, but in the way of the Spirit.

  • Acts 13:39
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    39And through him everyone who has faith is made free from all those things, from which the law of Moses was not able to make you free.

  • Rom 8:2
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    2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.

  • Rom 9:30-31
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    30What then may we say? That the nations who did not go after righteousness have got righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:

    31But Israel, going after a law of righteousness, did not get it.

  • Jas 2:24
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    24You see that a man's righteousness is judged by his works and not by his faith only.

  • Gal 3:17-18
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    17Now this I say: The law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, does not put an end to the agreement made before by God, so as to make the undertaking without effect.

    18Because if the heritage is by the law, it is no longer dependent on the word of God; but God gave it to Abraham by his word.

  • Rom 4:5
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    5But to him who without working has faith in him who gives righteousness to the evil-doer, his faith is put to his account as righteousness.

  • Gal 5:3
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    3Yes, I give witness again to every man who undergoes circumcision, that he will have to keep all the law.

  • Gal 3:2
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    2Give me an answer to this one question, Did the Spirit come to you through the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

  • Gal 5:18
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    18But if you are guided by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

  • Rom 7:6-7
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    6But now we are free from the law, having been made dead to that which had power over us; so that we are servants in the new way of the spirit, not in the old way of the letter.

    7What then is to be said? is the law sin? in no way. But I would not have had knowledge of sin but for the law: for I would not have been conscious of desire if the law had not said, You may not have a desire for what is another's.

  • Rom 5:13
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    13Because, till the law came, sin was in existence, but sin is not put to the account of anyone when there is no law to be broken.

  • Gal 5:6
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    6Because in Christ Jesus, having circumcision or not having circumcision are equally of no profit; but only faith working through love.

  • Lev 18:5
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    5So keep my rules and my decisions, which, if a man does them, will be life to him: I am the Lord.