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The law is not of faith, but, "He that does them will live in them."
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Law vs. Faith
Commentators unanimously agree that Paul presents law and faith as two fundamentally different and incompatible systems for being right with God. The law operates on the principle of 'doing,' requiring perfect obedience. Faith, in contrast, operates on the principle of 'believing' and receiving grace. As one scholar puts it, you can no more mix them for justification than you can mix fire and water.
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Galatians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 (ο νομος ουκ εστιν εκ πιστεως). Law demands complete obedience and rests not on mercy, faith, grace.
19th Century
Anglican
The law is not of faith.—The ruling principle of the Law is not faith, but something else—works.
The m…
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Baptist
And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
The law says nothing about faith; it speaks only about…
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…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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.…
13th Century
Catholic
Above, the Apostle proved the power of faith; now he shows the shortcoming of the Law.
He does this in two ways:
