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Romans 10:5
Romans 10:5 is verse 5 of Romans chapter 10, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”
Leviticus 18:5; see also Ezekiel 20:11, 13, and 21.
King James Version
For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
World English Bible
For Moses writes about the righteousness of the law, “The one who does them will live by them.”
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Romans 10:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
5 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).”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Leviticus 18:5Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
Nehemiah 9:29You 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.
Ezekiel 20:11And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.
Ezekiel 20:13Yet 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.
Ezekiel 20:21But 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.
Luke 10:27He 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.’”
Luke 10:28“You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.”
Galatians 3:12The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”