Galatians 3:6-14

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⁶^(A) The Scriptures say that God accepted Abraham because Abraham had faith. ⁷^(B) And so, you should understand that everyone who has faith is a child of Abraham.^[a] ⁸^(C) Long ago the Scriptures said God would accept the Gentiles because of their faith. This is why God told Abraham the good news that all nations would be blessed because of him. ⁹This means everyone who has faith will share in the blessings given to Abraham because of his faith.

¹⁰^(D) Anyone who tries to please God by obeying the Law is under a curse. The Scriptures say, “Everyone who doesn't obey everything in the Law is under a curse.” ¹¹^(E) No one can please God by obeying the Law. The Scriptures also say, “The people God accepts because of their faith will live.”^[b]

¹²^(F) The Law isn't based on faith. It promises life only to people who obey its commands. ¹³^(G) But Christ rescued us from the Law's curse, when he became a curse in our place. This is because the Scriptures say that anyone who is nailed to a tree is under a curse. ¹⁴And because of what Jesus Christ has done, the blessing promised to Abraham was taken to the Gentiles. This happened so that by faith we would be given the promised Holy Spirit.

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Footnotes

3.7 a child of Abraham: God chose Abraham, and so it was believed that anyone who was a child of Abraham was also a child of God (see the note at 3.29).
3.11 The people God accepts because of their faith will live: Or “The people God accepts will live because of their faith.”