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Galatians 3:12

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Rule-keeping does not naturally evolve into living by faith, but only perpetuates itself in more and more rule-keeping, a fact observed in Scripture: “The one who does these things [rule-keeping] continues to live by them.”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

But the law is not of faith, rather “The one who does them shall live by them.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, “The person who does these things will live by them.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But the law is not based on faith; instead, the one who does these things will live by them.

NLTNew Living Translation

This way of faith is very different from the way of law, which says, “It is through obeying the law that a person has life.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But the law is not from faith, but “the one who does these things will live by them.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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