Galatians 3:12
And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
KJV
ὁ δὲ νόμος οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ πίστεως, ἀλλὰ ὁ ποιήσας αὐτὰ ζήσεται ἐν αὐτοῖς.
Greek NT
Lex autem non est ex fide, sed : Qui fecerit ea, vivet in illis.
Vulgate
and the law is not of faith; but, He that doeth them shall live in them.
ASV
But the law is not of faith: but he that doth those things shall live in them.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
ζάω
zao
verb · 140×
νόμος
nomos
noun · 196×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πίστις
pistis
noun · 243×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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Lev 18:5 · paraphrase"Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD."Leviticus: the one who does them shall live by them — Paul on law vs. faith
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: αὐτὰ | WH/Treg/NIV: αὐτὰ | RP: + ἄνθρωπος
- αὐτὰ — SBLGNT
- αὐτὰ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + ἄνθρωπος — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Ezek 20:11 — And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
- Ezek 20:11 — And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
- Ezek 20:13 — But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they great
- Josh 6:17 — And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sen
- Lev 18:5 — Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
- Lev 18:5 — Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
- Luke 10:25 — And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
- Luke 10:28 — And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
- Matt 19:17 — And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
- Neh 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 thy judgments, (which if a man do, h
- Neh 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 thy judgments, (which if a man do, h
- Rom 4:4 — Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
- Rom 4:14 — For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
- Rom 4:16 — Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might 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
- Rom 7:10 — And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
- Rom 9:30 — What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
- Rom 10:5 — For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
- Rom 10:5 — For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
- Rom 11:6 — And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.