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Galatians 3:10

All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

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ASV

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.

KJV

For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

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Original language & word study

28 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ὅσοιhosoiAs many asG3745 →
γὰρgarforG1063 →
ἐξexofG1537 →
ἔργωνergōnworksG2041 →
νόμουnomouof [the] LawG3551 →
εἰσίν,eisinare,G1510 →
ὑπὸhupounderG5259 →
κατάρανkatarana curseG2671 →
εἰσίν·eisinare;G1510 →
γέγραπταιgegraptaiit has been writtenG1125 →
γὰρgarforG1063 →
ὅτιhotithatG3754 →
ἐπικατάρατοςepikataratosCursed [is]G1944 →
πᾶςpaseveryoneG3956 →
ὃςhoswhoG3739 →
οὐκouknotG3756 →
ἐμμένειemmeneidoes continueG1696 →
πᾶσινpasinall thingsG3956 →
τοῖςtoiswhichG3588 →
γεγραμμένοιςgegrammenoiswrittenG1125 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
τῷtōtheG3588 →
βιβλίῳbibliōbookG975 →
τοῦtouof theG3588 →
νόμουnomouLawG3551 →
τοῦtou<the>G3588 →
ποιῆσαιpoiēsaito doG4160 →
αὐτά.autathem.G846 →

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Deuteronomy 27:26‘Cursed is he who does not put the words of this law into practice.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’James 2:10Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.Romans 8:7because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.Deuteronomy 28:1“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.Romans 3:19–20Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.Deuteronomy 11:26–28See, today I am setting before you a blessing and a curse—James 2:9–11But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.Jeremiah 11:3You must tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant,Romans 4:15because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.Genesis 2:17but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.Galatians 2:16know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.Galatians 5:3Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.Galatians 3:13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”Ephesians 2:15by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peaceRomans 7:9Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.Romans 7:9–13Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.

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