Galatians 3:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

but the law does not rest on faith, for “He who does them shall live by them.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But the Law does not rest on faith [does not require faith, has nothing to do with faith], for it itself says, He who does them [the things prescribed by the Law] shall live by them [not by faith]. [Lev. 18:5.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

The Law isn’t based on faith; rather, “the one doing these things will live by them”.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But the law is not of faith; instead, "he who does these things shall live by them."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Galatians 3:12 Cross References

Nehemiah 9:29

And thou didst warn them in order to turn them back to thy law. Yet they acted presumptuously and did not obey thy commandments, but sinned against thy ordinances, by the observance of which a man shall live, and turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck and would not obey.

Ezekiel 20:11

I gave them my statutes and showed them my ordinances, by whose observance man shall live.

Ezekiel 20:13

But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness; they did not walk in my statutes but rejected my ordinances, by whose observance man shall live; and my sabbaths they greatly profaned. “Then I thought I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to make a full end of them.

Leviticus 18:5

You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances, by doing which a man shall live: I am the Lord.

Matthew 19:17

And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? One there is who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments.”

Romans 11:6

But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

Romans 4:14

If it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void.

Romans 4:16

That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants—not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham, for he is the father of us all,

Romans 7:10

the very commandment which promised life proved to be death to me.