THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE GALATIANS - Chapter 3 - Verse 12

Verse 12. And the law is not of faith. The law is not a matter of faith; it does not relate to faith; it does not require faith; it deals in other matters, and it pertains to another system than to faith.

But, The man, etc. This is the language of the law, and this is what the law teaches. It does not make provision for faith, but it requires unwavering and perpetual obedience, if man would obtain life by it. See this passage explained See Barnes "Ro 10:5"

{b} "law is not of faith" Ro 10:5,6 {c} "The man that" Le 18:5; Ezekiel 20:11 {*} "live in them" "by"