Galatians 3:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the law is not of faith, but 'The man who does them shall live in them.'

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  • Lev 18:5 : 5 You shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, which if a man does, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
  • Rom 10:5-6 : 5 For Moses describes the righteousness which is of the law, that the man who does those things shall live by them. 6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaks in this way, "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?' (that is, to bring Christ down from above)"
  • Rom 11:6 : 6 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
  • Rom 4:14 : 14 For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise nullified.
  • Neh 9:29 : 29 You testified against them, that You might bring them back to Your law. Yet they acted proudly and did not heed Your commandments but sinned against Your judgments, which if a man does, he shall live by them. And they shrugged their shoulders, stiffened their necks, and would not hear.
  • Ezek 20:11 : 11 And I gave them my statutes, and showed them my judgments, which if a man does, he shall even live in them.
  • Ezek 20:13 : 13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they did not walk in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man does, he shall even live in them; and they greatly polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
  • Matt 19:17 : 17 And he said to him, Why do you call me good? There is none good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.
  • Luke 10:25-28 : 25 And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 26 He said to him, What is written in the law? How do you read it? 27 And he 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 your neighbor as yourself. 28 And he said to him, You have answered rightly: this do, and you shall live.
  • Rom 4:4-5 : 4 Now to him who works, the reward is not given of grace, but as a debt. 5 But to him who does not work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
  • Rom 4:16 : 16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end that the promise might be sure to all the descendants; not to those only who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
  • Rom 9:30-32 : 30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith. 31 But Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness. 32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone;

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  • Gal 3:9-11
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    9So then those who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

    10For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.'

    11But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for 'The just shall live by faith.'

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

    5For Moses describes the righteousness which is of the law, that the man who does those things shall live by them.

    6But the righteousness which is of faith speaks in this way, "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?' (that is, to bring Christ down from above)"

  • Rom 2:12-14
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    12For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law;

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

    14For when the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law to themselves:

  • Gal 3:21-25
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    21Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, then truly righteousness would have been by the law.

    22But the Scripture has concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

    23But before faith came, we were kept under the law, confined unto the faith which would afterwards be revealed.

    24Therefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

    25But after that faith has come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

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

    28Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law.

  • Gal 2:16
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    16Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by the faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.

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

    31Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not: on the contrary, we establish the law.

  • Rom 3:20-22
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    20Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

    21But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the law and the prophets,

    22even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference:

  • Gal 2:19
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    19For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God.

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

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

    15Because the law produces wrath; for where there is no law, there is no transgression.

    16Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end that the promise might be sure to all the descendants; not to those only who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

  • Gal 3:5
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    5He who ministers to you the Spirit and works miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?

  • Rom 1:17
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    17For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, 'The just shall live by faith.'

  • Rom 2:27
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    27And shall not the uncircumcised which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who by the letter and circumcision transgress the law?

  • Gal 2:21
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    21I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain.

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

  • Gal 3:13
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    13Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree.'

  • Rom 8:4
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    4That the righteousness 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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    39And by him all who believe are justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

  • 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 shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith.

    31But Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness.

  • Jas 2:24
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    24You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.

  • Gal 3:17-18
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    17And this I say, that the covenant, which was confirmed before by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul, that it should make the promise of no effect.

    18For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise, but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

  • Rom 4:5
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    5But to him who does not work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

  • Gal 5:3
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    3For I testify again to every man who is circumcised, that he is a debtor to keep the whole law.

  • Gal 3:2
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    2This only I would learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?

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

  • Rom 7:6-7
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    6But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

    7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not. Indeed, I would not have known sin except through the law: for I would not have known lust unless the law had said, 'You shall not covet.'

  • Rom 5:13
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    13For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not charged when there is no law.

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

  • Lev 18:5
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    5You shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, which if a man does, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.