²⁶ He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?”

²¹ Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For ^(A)if a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law. ²² But the Scripture ^(B)imprisoned everything under sin, so that ^(C)the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given ^(D)to those who believe.

¹⁹ Now we know that whatever ^(A)the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, ^(B)so that every mouth may be stopped, and ^(C)the whole world may be held accountable to God.

The Message of Salvation to All

⁵ For ^(A)Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that ^(B)the person who does the commandments shall live by them.

^20 (A)To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no ^(B)dawn.

^14 (A)For if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. ¹⁵ For ^(B)the law brings wrath, but ^(C)where there is no law ^(D)there is no transgression.

¹⁶ That is why it depends on faith, ^(E)in order that the promise may rest on grace and ^(F)be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, ^(G)who is the father of us all,

¹² But the law is not of faith, rather ^(A)“The one who does them shall live by them.” ¹³ Christ ^(B)redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, ^(C)“Cursed is everyone who is hanged ^(D)on a tree”—