The Law Brings a Curse

10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, (A)“Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them.” 11 But that no one is [a]justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for (B)“the just shall live by faith.” 12 Yet (C)the law is not of faith, but (D)“the man who does them shall live by them.”

13 (E)Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, (F)“Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”), 14 (G)that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the (H)Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive (I)the promise of the Spirit through faith.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 3:11 declared righteous

10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse, for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all the things that are written in the book of the law to do them.”[a] 11 Now it is clear that no one is justified in the sight of God by the law, because “the one who is righteous will live by faith.”[b] 12 But the law is not from faith, but “the one who does these things will live by them.”[c]

13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by[d] becoming a curse for us, because it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,”[e] 14 in order that the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 3:10 A quotation from Deut 27:26
  2. Galatians 3:11 Or “the one who is righteous by faith will live,” a quotation from Hab 2:4
  3. Galatians 3:12 A quotation from Lev 18:5
  4. Galatians 3:13 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“becoming”) which is understood as means
  5. Galatians 3:13 A quotation from Deut 21:23