Galatians 3:12
Good News Translation
But the Law has nothing to do with faith. Instead, as the scripture says, "Whoever does everything the Law requires will live."

New Revised Standard Version
But the law does not rest on faith; on the contrary, “Whoever does the works of the law will live by them.”

Contemporary English Version
The Law isn't based on faith. It promises life only to people who obey its commands.

New American Bible
But the law does not depend on faith; rather, “the one who does these things will live by them.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
But the law is not of faith: but he that doth those things shall live in them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But the law is not of faith: but he that doth those things shall live in them.

the law.

Romans 4:4,5,14,16 Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned according to grace but according to debt. . . .

Romans 9:30-32 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles who followed not after justice have attained to justice, even the justice that is of faith. . . .

Romans 10:5,6 For Moses wrote that the justice which is of the law: The man that shall do it shall live by it. . . .

Romans 11:6 And if by grace, it is not now by works: otherwise grace is no more grace.

The man.

Leviticus 18:5 Keep my laws and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them, I am the Lord.

Nehemiah 9:29 And thou didst admonish them to return to thy law. But they dealt proudly, and hearkened not to thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them: and they withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

Ezekiel 20:11,13 And I gave them my statutes, and I shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them. . . .

Matthew 19:17 Who said to him: Why askest thou me concerning good? One is good, God. But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

Luke 10:25-28 And behold a certain lawyer stood up, tempting him and saying, Master, what must I do to possess eternal life? . . .

Romans 10:5,6 For Moses wrote that the justice which is of the law: The man that shall do it shall live by it. . . .

Context
Christ Redeemed Us
11But that in the law no man is justified with God, it is manifest: because the just man liveth by faith. 12But the law is not of faith: but he that doth those things 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).…
Cross References
Leviticus 18:5
Keep my laws and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them, I am the Lord.

Romans 7:10
And I died. And the commandment that was ordained to life, the same was found to be unto death to me.

Romans 10:5
For Moses wrote that the justice which is of the law: The man that shall do it shall live by it.

Galatians 3:11
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