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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Galatians 3:12

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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3:12 The law itself is not opposed to faith (see 3:19-25; Rom 7:7-13), but trying to be righteous by keeping the law opposes righteousness by faith in Christ. Paul quotes Lev 18:5 to show that life under the law comes by obeying rather than believing. Right standing with God is impossible on that basis (Gal 3:10-11).
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