Galater 3:11

Schlachter Bibel

Daß aber im Gesetz niemand vor Gott gerechtfertigt wird, ist offenbar; denn „der Gerechte wird aus Glauben leben."

Parallel Translations

Lutherbible (1912)
Daß aber durchs Gesetz niemand gerecht wird vor Gott, ist offenbar; denn "der Gerechte wird seines Glaubens leben."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that: Galatians 2:16, 1 Kings 8:46, Job 9:3, Job 40:4, Job 42:6, Psalms 19:12, Psalms 130:3, Psalms 130:4, Psalms 143:2, Ecclesiastes 7:20, Isaiah 6:5, Isaiah 53:6, Isaiah 64:6, James 3:2, 1 John 1:8-10, Revelation 5:9, Revelation 7:14, Revelation 7:15

The just: Habakkuk 2:4, Romans 1:17, Hebrews 10:38

Reciprocal: Genesis 6:9 - just Exodus 19:24 - lest Matthew 19:17 - but Luke 10:29 - willing Romans 2:13 - but the Romans 3:28 - General Romans 5:1 - being Romans 9:31 - hath 1 Corinthians 6:11 - but ye are justified Galatians 2:20 - I now Galatians 3:10 - as many Philippians 3:9 - the righteousness

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But that no man is justified,.... There are some that are justified, as all God's elect are, in his own mind and will from eternity; which will of his to justify them, upon the righteousness of his Son, undertook by him to bring in, is their justification in the court of heaven; and all that believe in Christ are openly and manifestly justified in the court of conscience, under the testimony of the Spirit of God: but no one is justified

by the law; it is in the Greek text, "in the law"; there were many justified before the law was given, as Noah, Job, Abraham, and all the Ante-Mosaic believers; and there were many justified "in", or under the legal dispensation; but none of them were justified by their obedience to the law, but by the righteousness they believed they had in the Lord: especially no man is justified

in the sight of God; who sees the heart, knows the spring of actions, and whose judgment is according to truth; that is, by the law and the deeds of it, however they may before men:

it is evident; it is a clear case, out of all dispute, as appears from Habakkuk 2:4

for the just shall live by faith; which may be read either, "the just by faith, shall live": that is, the man who is just by faith, or justified by faith, not by it as a principle or act, or as the cause or matter of his justification, but by the object of his faith, Christ and his righteousness apprehended by faith, and so not just or justified by works; he shall live a life of justification, through that righteousness his faith receives; he shall live comfortably, with much peace and joy in the Holy Ghost, as the result of his being justified by faith; and shall live eternally, and never die the second death: or the "just shall live by faith"; he that is righteous, not by his own works, but by the obedience of Christ, shall live not upon faith, but by it on Christ, and his righteousness, which is revealed from faith to faith; and this makes it a clear point, that he is not justified by the law, for if he was, he would not live by faith on Christ, but in and by the deeds of the law.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But that no man is justified ... - The argument which Paul has been pursuing he proceeds to confirm by an express declaration of the Bible. The argument is this: “It is impossible that a man should be justified by the Law, because God has appointed another way of justification.” But there cannot be two ways of obtaining life, and as he has appointed faith as the condition on which people shall live, he has precluded from them the possibility of obtaining salvation in any other mode.

For, The just shall live by faith - This is quoted from Habakkuk 2:4. This passage is also quoted by Paul in Romans 1:17; see it explained in the note on that verse. The sense here is, that life is promised to man only in connection with faith. It is not by the works of the Law that it is done. The condition of life is faith: and he lives who believes. The meaning is not, I apprehend, that the man who is justified by faith shall live, but that life is promised and exists only in connection with faith, and that the just or righteous man obtains it only in this way. Of course it cannot be obtained by the observance of the Law, but must be by some other scheme.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 11. But that no man is justified by the law — By the observance of the law, suppose he had even continued in all things that are written in it to do them, is evident; for the Prophet Habakkuk, Habakkuk 2:4, has declared, under the direct influence of the Spirit of God, The just shall live by faith; or, he who is just by faith shall live: therefore this justification comes not by works, or the observance of the law, but by faith.