Galatians 3:12 — Meaning and Application

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

Galatians 3:12

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For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed {is} every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, {it is} evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

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

Christ 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:

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

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Galatians 3:1

"O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?"

Galatians 3:2

"This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?"

Galatians 3:3

"Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?"

Galatians 3:4

"Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if {it be} yet in vain. {so many: or, so great}"

Galatians 3:5

"He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, {doeth he it} by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?"

Galatians 3:6

"Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. {accounted: or, imputed}"

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