Romans 10:5
3 Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
4 For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.
For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”
6 But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down)
7 or, ‘Who will descend into the Abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”
- KJV
- For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
- WEB
- For Moses writes about the righteousness of the law, “The one who does them will live by them.”
- ASV
- For Moses writeth that the man that doeth the righteousness which is of the law shall live thereby.
- DARBY
- For Moses lays down in writing the righteousness which is of the law, The man who has practised those things shall live by them.
- BLB
- For Moses writes [of] the righteousness that [is] of the law, that, “The man having done these things will live in them.”
- ÅB
- For Moses skriver om rettferdigheten som kommer ved loven: «Den som gjør disse tingene, skal leve ved dem.»
- OTB
- Moses skriver om rettferdigheten som er ved loven: “Den som gjør disse tingene skal leve ved dem.”
- B1930
- For Moses skriver om rettferdigheten av loven: Det menneske som gjør disse ting, skal leve ved dem;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 18:5
Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
Read in contextNehemiah 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 shrugged their shoulders; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.
Read in contextEzekiel 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.
Read in contextEzekiel 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 profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.
Read in contextEzekiel 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 resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the wilderness.
Read in contextGalatians 3:12
The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”
Read in contextRomans 7:10
So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.
Read in contextLuke 10:27–28
He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
Read in context