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11 Now it is evident that no one comes to be declared righteous by God through legalism, since “The person who is righteous will attain life by trusting and being faithful.”[a] 12 Furthermore, legalism is not based on trusting and being faithful, but on [a misuse of] the text that says, “Anyone who does these things will attain life through them.”[b] 13 The Messiah redeemed us from the curse pronounced in the Torah by becoming cursed on our behalf; for the Tanakh says, “Everyone who hangs from a stake comes under a curse.”[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 3:11 Habakkuk 2:4
  2. Galatians 3:12 Leviticus 18:5
  3. Galatians 3:13 Deuteronomy 21:22–23

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