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Galatians 3:11-13
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11 Now it is clear no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous one will live by faith.[a] 12 But the law is not based on faith,[b] but the one who does the works of the law[c] will live by them.[d] 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming[e] a curse for us (because it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”)[f]

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  1. Galatians 3:11 tn Or “The one who is righteous by faith will live” (a quotation from Hab 2:4).
  2. Galatians 3:12 tn Grk “is not from faith.”
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Galatians 3:13 tn Grk “having become”; the participle γενόμενος (genomenos) has been taken instrumentally.
  6. 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.
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