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10 For all who[a] rely on doing the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not keep on doing everything written in the book of the law.”[b] 11 Now it is clear no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous one will live by faith.[c] 12 But the law is not based on faith,[d] but the one who does the works of the law[e] will live by them.[f] 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming[g] a curse for us (because it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”)[h] 14 in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles,[i] so that we could receive the promise of the Spirit by faith.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 3:10 tn Grk “For as many as.”
  2. Galatians 3:10 tn Grk “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all the things written in the book of the law, to do them.”sn A quotation from Deut 27:26.
  3. Galatians 3:11 tn Or “The one who is righteous by faith will live” (a quotation from Hab 2:4).
  4. Galatians 3:12 tn Grk “is not from faith.”
  5. Galatians 3:12 tn Grk “who does these things”; the referent (the works of the law, see 3:5) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  6. Galatians 3:12 sn A quotation from Lev 18:5. The phrase the works of the law is an editorial expansion on the Greek text (see previous note); it has been left as normal typeface to indicate it is not part of the OT text.
  7. Galatians 3:13 tn Grk “having become”; the participle γενόμενος (genomenos) has been taken instrumentally.
  8. Galatians 3:13 sn A quotation from Deut 21:23. By figurative extension the Greek word translated tree (ζύλον, zulon) can also be used to refer to a cross (L&N 6.28), the Roman instrument of execution.
  9. Galatians 3:14 tn Or “so that the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus.”

10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who doesn’t continue in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.”Deuteronomy 27:26 11 Now that no man is justified by the law before God is evident, for, “The righteous will live by faith.”Habakkuk 2:4 12 The law is not of faith, but, “The man who does them will live by them.”Leviticus 18:5

13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,”Deuteronomy 21:23 14 that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

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