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Galatians 3:12 KJV
Galatians · chapter 3 · verse 12
And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.Galatians 3:12 · King James Version
Galatians 3:12 in context
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:
14That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
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Key words (Strong's)
- faithpistisconviction of the truth of anything, belief in the NT of a conviction or belief…G4102 →
- doethpoieōto make, with the names of things made, to produce, construct, form, fashion, etc., to be…G4160 →
- 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