¹¹ Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God,^(A) because “the righteous will live by faith.”^{[a](B) 12} The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, “The person who does these things will live by them.”^{[b](C) 13} Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law^(D) by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.”^{[c](E) 14} He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus,^(F) so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.^(G)