The law is not of faith (ο νομος ουκ εστιν εκ πιστεως). Law demands complete obedience and rests not on mercy, faith, grace.

And the law is not of faith. The law is not a matter of faith; it does not relate to faith; it does not require faith; it deals in other m…

The law is not of faith.—The ruling principle of the Law is not faith, but something else—works.

The m…

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

The very spirit of law is the spirit of works; and as …

But perhaps both are needed, both faith and law? Not so, says Paul. For faith excludes law, and law by its very nature excludes faith. He quotes Le…

And the law is not of faith. The law evidently is not contrary to faith. Otherwise, God would be unlike Himself. But we must return to a p…

And the law is not of faith
The Arabic version adds, "but of man"; which as it is an addition to the text, so it con…

The apostle proves the doctrine he had criticized the Galatians for rejecting: namely, that of justification by faith without the works of the law.…

Above, the Apostle proved the power of faith; now he shows the shortcoming of the Law.