Galatians 3:12

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The law is not based on faith; instead, it says, 'The person who does these things will live by them.'

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  • Lev 18:5 : 5 You must keep my decrees and my laws, because the person who obeys them will live by them. I am the LORD.
  • Rom 10:5-6 : 5 For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.” 6 But the righteousness that is based on faith speaks as follows: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down)
  • Rom 11:6 : 6 And if by grace, then it is no longer based on works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
  • Rom 4:14 : 14 For if those who are of the law inherit, faith is made void, and the promise is nullified.
  • Neh 9:29 : 29 You warned them to return to Your law, but they acted arrogantly and did not obey Your commandments. They sinned against Your judgments, which, if a person does, they will live by them. Stubbornly, they turned their backs, stiffened their necks, and would not listen.
  • Ezek 20:11 : 11 I gave them my statutes and made known to them my ordinances, by which a person who obeys them will live.
  • Ezek 20:13 : 13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They did not follow my statutes and rejected my ordinances—though by them a person will live if they do them—and they greatly profaned my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them in the wilderness to destroy them.
  • Matt 19:17 : 17 Jesus replied, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only One who is good. If you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."
  • Luke 10:25-28 : 25 And behold, an expert in the law stood up to test Him, saying, 'Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?' 26 He asked him, 'What is written in the Law? How do you read it?' 27 The man answered, 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and love your neighbor as yourself.' 28 Jesus said to him, 'You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live.'
  • Rom 4:4-5 : 4 Now to the one who works, wages are not counted as a gift but as an obligation. 5 But to the one who does not work but believes in the one who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.
  • Rom 4:16 : 16 Therefore, the promise comes by faith, that it may be according to grace, so that it might be guaranteed to all the offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who share the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.
  • Rom 9:30-32 : 30 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, that is, a righteousness that is by faith; 31 but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, did not attain it. 32 Why not? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works. They stumbled over the stone of stumbling,

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  • Gal 3:9-11
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    9 So those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

    10 For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.'

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

  • Rom 10:4-6
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    4 For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

    5 For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”

    6 But the righteousness that is based on faith speaks as follows: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down)

  • Rom 2:12-14
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    12 For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

    13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be justified.

    14 For when the Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things required by the law, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.

  • Gal 3:21-25
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    21 Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.

    22 But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise, by faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.

    23 Before this faith came, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed.

    24 So the law was our guardian until Christ came, so that we might be justified by faith.

    25 Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.

  • Rom 3:27-28
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    27 Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. By what law? By the law of works? No, but by the law of faith.

    28 For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

  • Gal 2:16
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    16 yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ. So we also have believed in Christ Jesus in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

  • Rom 3:30-31
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    30 Since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through the same faith.

    31 Do we then nullify the law by this faith? Absolutely not! Instead, we uphold the law.

  • Rom 3:20-22
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    20 Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

    21 But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, testified to by the Law and the Prophets.

    22 This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,

  • Gal 2:19
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    19 For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ.

  • Rom 4:13-16
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    13 For the promise to Abraham or his descendants that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.

    14 For if those who are of the law inherit, faith is made void, and the promise is nullified.

    15 For the law brings wrath, and where there is no law, there is no transgression.

    16 Therefore, the promise comes by faith, that it may be according to grace, so that it might be guaranteed to all the offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who share the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.

  • Gal 3:5
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    5 Does God supply the Spirit to you and work miracles among you by works of the law or by hearing with faith?

  • Rom 1:17
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    17 For in the gospel, the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: 'The righteous will live by faith.'

  • Rom 2:27
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    27 The one who is not physically circumcised but keeps the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.

  • Gal 2:21
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    21 I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could come through the law, then Christ died for nothing.

  • Phil 3:9
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    9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.

  • Gal 3:13
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    13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.'

  • Rom 8:4
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    4 This was so that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

  • Acts 13:39
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    39 Through Him, everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.

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

  • Rom 9:30-31
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    30 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, that is, a righteousness that is by faith;

    31 but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, did not attain it.

  • Jas 2:24
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    24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

  • Gal 3:17-18
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    17 This is what I mean: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus cancel the promise.

    18 For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise; but God gave it to Abraham through a promise.

  • Rom 4:5
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    5 But to the one who does not work but believes in the one who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.

  • Gal 5:3
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    3 Again I declare to every man who allows himself to be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.

  • Gal 3:2
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    2 I only want to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?

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

  • Rom 7:6-7
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    6 But now we have been released from the law, having died to what once bound us, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.

    7 What shall we say then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, 'You shall not covet.'

  • Rom 5:13
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    13 For sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law.

  • Gal 5:6
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    6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight, but faith working through love does.

  • Lev 18:5
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    5 You must keep my decrees and my laws, because the person who obeys them will live by them. I am the LORD.