NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 12

Galatians 3:12

World English Bible Updated

The law is not of faith, but, “The man who does them will live by them.”

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Galatians 3:9–15

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So then, those who are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.

10

For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who doesn’t continue in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.”

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Now that no man is justified by the law before God is evident, for, “The righteous will live by faith.”

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The law is not of faith, but, “The man who does them will live by them.”

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Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,”

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that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

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Brothers, speaking of human terms, though it is only a man’s covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void or adds to it.

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  1. Leviticus 18:5

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