Galatians 3:12

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:29

And you warned them in order to turn them back to your law, yet they acted presumptuously and did not obey your commandments but sinned against your ordinances, by the observance of which a person shall live. They 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 everyone shall live.

Ezekiel 20:13

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

Leviticus 18:5

You shall keep my statutes and my ordinances; by doing so one shall live: I am the Lord.

Matthew 19:17

And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is one who is good. If you wish to enter into 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

For 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

For this reason the promise depends on faith, in order that it may rest on grace, so that it may be guaranteed to all his descendants, not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham (who is the father of all of us,

Romans 7:10

and I died, and the very commandment that promised life proved to be death to me.