Galatians 3:10

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For all who rely on doing the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written,“Cursed is everyone who does not keep on doing everything written in the book of the law.”

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  • Deut 27:26 : 26 ‘Cursed is the one who refuses to keep the words of this law.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
  • Jer 11:3 : 3 Tell them that the LORD, the God of Israel, says,‘Anyone who does not keep the terms of the covenant will be under a curse.
  • Deut 11:26-28 : 26 Anticipation of a Blessing and Cursing Ceremony Take note– I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: 27 the blessing if you take to heart the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you today, 28 and the curse if you pay no attention to his commandments and turn from the way I am setting before you today to pursue other gods you have not known.
  • Luke 18:9-9 : 9 The Parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else. 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this:‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: extortionists, unrighteous people, adulterers– or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.’ 13 The tax collector, however, stood far off and would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said,‘God, be merciful to me, sinner that I am!’
  • Ezek 18:4 : 4 Indeed! All lives are mine– the life of the father as well as the life of the son is mine. The one who sins will die.
  • Matt 25:41 : 41 “Then he will say to those on his left,‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!
  • Deut 29:20 : 20 The LORD will be unwilling to forgive him, and his intense anger will rage against that man; all the curses written in this scroll will fall upon him and the LORD will obliterate his name from memory.
  • Isa 43:28 : 28 So I defiled your holy princes, and handed Jacob over to destruction, and subjected Israel to humiliating abuse.”
  • Rom 3:19-20 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God. 20 For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
  • Rom 4:15 : 15 For the law brings wrath, because where there is no law there is no transgression either.
  • Rom 6:23 : 23 For the payoff of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • Rom 7:9-9 : 9 And I was once alive apart from the law, but with the coming of the commandment sin became alive 10 and I died. So I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life brought death! 11 For sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it I died. 12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good. 13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Absolutely not! But sin, so that it would be shown to be sin, produced death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment sin would become utterly sinful.
  • Rom 8:7 : 7 because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so.
  • Gal 2:16 : 16 yet we know that no one is justified by the works of the law but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by the faithfulness of Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.
  • Jas 2:9-9 : 9 But if you show prejudice, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as violators. 10 For the one who obeys the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it. 11 For he who said,“Do not commit adultery,” also said,“Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law.

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  • Gal 3:11-15
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    11Now it is clear no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous one will live by faith.

    12But the law is not based on faith, but the one who does the works of the law will live by them.

    13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us(because it is written,“Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”)

    14in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles, so that we could receive the promise of the Spirit by faith.

    15Inheritance Comes from Promises and not Law Brothers and sisters, I offer an example from everyday life: When a covenant has been ratified, even though it is only a human contract, no one can set it aside or add anything to it.

  • Gal 3:9
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    9So then those who believe are blessed along with Abraham the believer.

  • Gal 5:3-4
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    3And I testify again to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.

    4You who are trying to be declared righteous by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace!

  • Rom 3:19-20
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    19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.

    20For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

  • Jas 2:10
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    10For the one who obeys the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.

  • Rom 2:12-14
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    12For all who have sinned apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

    13For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous before God, but those who do the law will be declared righteous.

    14For whenever the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things required by the law, these who do not have the law are a law to themselves.

  • Rom 10:4-5
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    4For Christ is the end of the law, with the result that there is righteousness for everyone who believes.

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

  • Deut 27:26
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    26‘Cursed is the one who refuses to keep the words of this law.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

  • Rom 3:9-10
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    9The Condemnation of the World What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin,

    10just as it is written:“There is no one righteous, not even one,

  • Gal 2:16
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    16yet we know that no one is justified by the works of the law but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by the faithfulness of Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.

  • John 7:49
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    49But this rabble who do not know the law are accursed!”

  • Gal 3:21-22
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    21Is the law therefore opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.

    22But the scripture imprisoned everything under sin so that the promise could be given– because of the faithfulness of Jesus Christ– to those who believe.

  • Dan 9:11
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    11“All Israel has broken your law and turned away by not obeying you. Therefore you have poured out on us the judgment solemnly threatened in the law of Moses the servant of God, for we have sinned against you.

  • Rom 4:14-15
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    14For if they become heirs by the law, faith is empty and the promise is nullified.

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

  • Gal 1:8-9
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    8But even if we(or an angel from heaven) should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be condemned to hell!

    9As we have said before, and now I say again, if any one is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let him be condemned to hell!

  • Rom 2:25-27
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    25For circumcision has its value if you practice the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

    26Therefore if the uncircumcised man obeys the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

    27The physically uncircumcised man, by keeping the law, will judge you to be the transgressor of the law, even though you have the letter and circumcision!

  • Mal 3:9
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    9You are bound for judgment because you are robbing me– this whole nation is guilty.

  • Jer 11:3
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    3Tell them that the LORD, the God of Israel, says,‘Anyone who does not keep the terms of the covenant will be under a curse.

  • Deut 28:15-16
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    15Curses as Reversal of Blessings“But if you ignore the LORD your God and are not careful to keep all his commandments and statutes I am giving you today, then all these curses will come upon you in full force:

    16You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the field.

  • Jas 1:25
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    25But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out– he will be blessed in what he does.

  • Ps 37:22
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    22Surely those favored by the LORD will possess the land, but those rejected by him will be wiped out.

  • Zech 5:3
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    3The speaker went on to say,“This is a curse traveling across the whole earth. For example, according to the curse whoever steals will be removed from the community; or on the other hand(according to the curse) whoever swears falsely will suffer the same fate.”

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

    28For we consider that a person is declared righteous by faith apart from the works of the law.

  • Gal 6:13
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    13For those who are circumcised do not obey the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised so that they can boast about your flesh.

  • Rom 7:14
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    14For we know that the law is spiritual– but I am unspiritual, sold into slavery to sin.

  • Acts 13:39
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    39and by this one everyone who believes is justified from everything from which the law of Moses could not justify you.

  • Rom 7:7
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    7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! Certainly, I would not have known sin except through the law. For indeed I would not have known what it means to desire something belonging to someone else if the law had not said,“Do not covet.”

  • Gal 4:21
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    21An Appeal from Allegory Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand the law?

  • Gal 3:17-18
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    17What I am saying is this: The law that came four hundred thirty years later does not cancel a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to invalidate the promise.

    18For if the inheritance is based on the law, it is no longer based on the promise, but God graciously gave it to Abraham through the promise.

  • Rom 3:31
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    31Do we then nullify the law through faith? Absolutely not! Instead we uphold the law.

  • Gal 3:5
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    5Does God then give you the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law or by your believing what you heard?

  • Rom 9:31
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    31but Israel even though pursuing a law of righteousness did not attain it.