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]

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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