Galatians 3:12

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

Galatians 3:12 · direct translation from the Greek
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Quotation · Leviticus 18:5

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Paul quotes without a formula the second half of Leviticus 18:5.

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Greek of the New Testament: ὁ δὲ νόμος οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ πίστεως ἀλλ’ Ὁ ποιήσας αὐτὰ ζήσεται ἐν αὐτοῖς

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם אֶת חֻקֹּתַי וְאֶת מִשְׁפָּטַי אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה אֹתָם הָאָדָם וָחַי בָּהֶם אֲנִי יְהוָה

Septuagint (Leviticus 18:5 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ φυλάξεσθε πάντα τὰ προστάγματά μου καὶ πάντα τὰ κρίματα μου, καὶ ποιήσετε αὐτά· αἰ ποιήσας ἄνθρωπος ζήσεται ἐν αὐτοῖς· ἐγὼ κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 3 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Galatians 3:12, word by word

the lawνόμοςnomos

law

The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.

Where else “nomos” appears
isἔστινestin

be

To be: says who or what something is.

Where else “estin” appears
faithπίστεωςpisteōs

trust

Truly trusting in God or in Jesus.

Where else “pisteōs” appears
The one who doesποιήσαςpoiēsas

practice

To put into practice, like God's will.

Where else “poiēsas” appears
will liveζήσεταιzēsetai

live

To have life in the body, or receive it again after dying.

Where else “zēsetai” appears

Translation note

Quoted from Leviticus 18:5, as in Romans 10:5.

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Quotation · Leviticus 18:5

Paul quotes without a formula the second half of Leviticus 18:5.

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Galatians 3:12

12But the law is not of faith; rather, The one who does them will live by them.

Leviticus 18:5

5So you shall keep my statutes and my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live. I am YHWH.

The context

11Now that by the law no one is declared righteous before God is evident, because The righteous will live by faith.

12 · This verse (above)

13The Messiah redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, because it is written: Cursed is everyone who hangs on a wooden beam,

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