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11 It is made still plainer that no one is justified in God’s sight by obeying the Law, for: ‘The just shall live by faith.’

12 And the Law is not a matter of faith at all but of doing, as, for example, in the scripture: ‘The man who does them shall live by them.’

13 Now Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the Law’s condemnation, by himself becoming a curse for us when he was crucified. For the scripture is plain: ‘Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree.’

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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)

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 3:11 Hab. 2:4
  2. Galatians 3:12 Lev. 18:5
  3. Galatians 3:13 Deut. 21:23