Galatians 3:12

Galatians chapter 3 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and the law is not of faith; but, He that doeth them shall live in them.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and the law is not of faith; but, He that doeth them shall live in them.

Context

v.11Now that no man is justified by the law before God, is evident: for, The righteous shall live by faith;

v.12This passage

v.13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us; for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezekiel 20:13

    But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they rejected mine ordinances, which if a man keep, he shall live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

  • Matthew 19:17

    And he said unto him, Why askest thou me concerning that which is good? One there is who is good: but if thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments.

  • Romans 4:16

    For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

  • Nehemiah 9:29

    and testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law. Yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thine ordinances (which if a man do, he shall live in them), and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

  • Romans 4:14

    For if they that are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of none effect:

  • Romans 10:5

    For Moses writeth that the man that doeth the righteousness which is of the law shall live thereby.