Romans 10:5 BSB — MannaFest

Romans 10:5

For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For Moses writeth that the man that doeth the righteousness which is of the law shall live thereby.

KJV

For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

For Moses describeth ... - This is found in Lev 18:5, “Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, which if a man do he shall live in them.” This appeal is made to Moses, both in regard to the righteousness of the Law and that of faith, in accordance with the usual manner of Paul to sustain all his positions by the Old Testament, and to show that he was introducing no new doctrine. He was only affirming that which had been long before taught in the writings of the Jews themselves.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

For Moses describeth the only righteousness which is attainable by the law, when he saith, The man who doeth these things shall live by them - that is, he that perfectly keeps all these precepts in every point, he alone may claim life and salvation by them. But this way of justification is impossible to any who have ever transgressed any one law in any point.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The law which was given upon Mount Sinai, though it was not a pure covenant of works (for who then could be saved under that dispensation?) yet, that is might be the more effectual to drive people to Christ and to make the covenant of grace welcome, it had a very great mixture of the strictness and terror of the covenant of works.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Μωϋσῆς	Mōusēs	Moses	G3475 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
γράφει	graphei	writes	G1125 →
τὴν	tēn	[of] the	G3588 →
δικαιοσύνην	dikaiosunēn	righteousness	G1343 →
τὴν	tēn	that [is]	G3588 →
ἐκ	ek	of	G1537 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
νόμου	nomou	law	G3551 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ὁ	ho	The	G3588 →
ποιήσας	poiēsas	having done	G4160 →
αὐτὰ	auta	these things	G846 →
ἄνθρωπος	anthrōpos	man	G444 →
ζήσεται	zēsetai	will live	G2198 →
ἐν	en	by	G1722 →
αὐτοῖς.¶	autois	these [things].	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Leviticus 18:5
Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
leads to
- Galatians 3:12
  The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ezekiel 20:13
  Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 10:28
  “You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ezekiel 20:11
  And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.
Through
Ezekiel 20:13
Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly…
leads to
- Ezekiel 20:21
  But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ezekiel 20:8
  But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Nehemiah 9:29
You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They stubbornly…
leads to
- Leviticus 18:5
  Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Nehemiah 9:16
  But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

Related verses

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About Romans