Galatians 3:10-12

Complete Jewish Bible

¹⁰For everyone who depends on legalistic observance of Torah commands lives under a curse, since it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not keep on doing everything written in the Scroll of the Torah.”^[a] ¹¹Now 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.”^[b] ¹²Furthermore, 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.”^[c]

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Footnotes

Galatians 3:10 Deuteronomy 27:26
Galatians 3:11 Habakkuk 2:4
Galatians 3:12 Leviticus 18:5

Galatians 3:10-12

New International Version

¹⁰For all who rely on the works of the law^(A) are under a curse,^(B) as it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”^[a]^(C) ¹¹Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God,^(D) because “the righteous will live by faith.”^[b]^(E) ¹²The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, “The person who does these things will live by them.”^[c]^(F)