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Galatians 3:11 KJV
Galatians · chapter 3 · verse 11
But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.Galatians 3:11 · King James Version
Galatians 3:11 in context
9So then they which be 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 every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
11But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
12And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
13Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
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Key words (Strong's)
- justifieddikaioōto render righteous or such he ought to be, to show, exhibit, evince, one to be…G1344 →
- evidentdēlosclear, evident, manifestG1212 →
- sightparafrom, of at, by, besides, nearG3844 →
- justdikaiosrighteous, observing divine laws, in a wide sense, upright, righteous, virtuous, keeping…G1342 →
- livezaōto live, breathe, be among the living , to enjoy real life, to have true life and worthy…G2198 →
- lawnomosanything established, anything received by usage, a custom, a law, a command, of any law…G3551 →
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The apostle having reproved the Galatians for not obeying the truth, and endeavoured to impress them with a sense of their folly herein, in these verses he largely proves the doctrine which he had reproved them for rejecting, namely, that of justification by faith without the works of the law.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-18