Galatians 3:11-13

Contemporary English Version

¹¹^(A) No one can please God by obeying the Law. The Scriptures also say, “The people God accepts because of their faith will live.”^[a]

¹²^(B) The Law isn't based on faith. It promises life only to people who obey its commands. ¹³^(C) 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.

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3.11 The people God accepts because of their faith will live: Or “The people God accepts will live because of their faith.”

Galatians 3:11-13

New International Version

¹¹Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God,^(A) because “the righteous will live by faith.”^[a]^(B) ¹²The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, “The person who does these things will live by them.”^[b]^(C) ¹³Christ 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)