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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Galatians 3:12

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 matters, and it pertains to another system than to faith.But, The man ... - This is the language of the Law, and this is what the Law teaches. It does not make provision for faith, but it requires unwavering and perpetual obedience, if man would obtain life by it; see this passage explained in the notes at Romans 10:5. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Galatians 3:10

Galatians 3:10. As many as are of the works of the law Of the number of those who seek justification thereby; are under Or liable to; the curse: for it is written, (Deuteronomy 27:26,) Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things, &c. Or, as it is there expressed, that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. So that it required what no man on earth can perform, namely, universal, perfect, uninterrupted, and perpetual obedience. The apostle, it must be... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Galatians 3:11-12

Galatians 3:11-12. That no man is justified by his obedience to the law in the sight of God Whatever he may be in the sight of man; is further evident From the words of Habakkuk, who hath said nothing of men’s being justified by works, but hath declared, The just shall live by faith That is, the man who is accounted just or righteous before God, shall be made and continue such, and consequently shall live a spiritual life here, and receive eternal life hereafter, by faith. This... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Galatians 3:6-14

Example of Abraham (3:6-14)Abraham’s life demonstrates that God justifies on the basis of faith, not law-keeping. (To understand the illustrations that follow, read Genesis 12:1-3; Genesis 13:14-18; Genesis 15:1-6; Genesis 22:15-18.) Abraham was justified not because he kept the law, but because he believed God. The law, with its rules about circumcision, had not yet been given. The real children of Abraham are not those who have been circumcised according to the law, but those who have been... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Galatians 3:10

under . Greek. hupo . App-104 . curse . Greek. katara . Elsewhere, Galatians 3:13 .Hebrews 6:8 . James 3:10 . 2 Peter 2:14 . Cursed . Greek. epikataratos . See John 7:49 . continueth . Greek. emmeno . See Acts 14:22 . not . Greek. au . App-105 . Quoted from Deuteronomy 27:26 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Galatians 3:11

no man = no one. Greek. oudeis , by . Greek. en . App-104 . in the sight of = before, Greek. para . App-104 . just , Greek. dikaios . App-191 . Quoted from Habakkuk 2:4 . Compare Romans 1:17 . Hebrews 10:38 . live, Compare App-170 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Galatians 3:12

The man . App-123 :1, but the texts read "He". This quotation is from Leviticus 18:5 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Galatians 3:10

For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one who continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.The human impossibility of any man's doing "All the things of the law" rendered every man attempting to do so subject to the curse, here quoted from Deuteronomy 27:26. The Galatians, by fooling around with circumcision and Jewish festival, had inadvertently obligated themselves, under penalty of God's curse, to... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Galatians 3:11

Now that no man is justified by the Law before God, is evident: for, The righteous shall live by faith; and the Law is not of faith; but, He that doeth them shall live in them.No man is justified by the Law ... The reason this is true is cited in Galatians 3:10. There was another important indication of the same truth, which Paul then quoted from Habakkuk 2:4, "The righteous shall live by faith"; thus the prophets had borne testimony to the fact that the purpose of God, even in the Old... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Galatians 3:10

Galatians 3:10. The works of the law— They of faith, Gal 3:9 and they of the works of the law, are spoken of as two sorts of persons; the one the genuine posterity of Abraham, by faith, and thereby heirs of the promise; the other not. There is also another division in these two verses, of the blessed, and those under the curse; whereby is meant such as are in a state of life, or acceptance with God, and such as are exposed to his wrath, and to death. See Deuteronomy 30:19. Dr. Whitby proves... read more

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