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10 But people who depend on following the law to make them right are under a curse. As the Scriptures say, “They must do everything that is written in the law. If they do not always obey, they are under a curse.”[a] 11 So it is clear that no one can be made right with God by the law. The Scriptures say, “The one who is right with God by faith will live forever.”[b]

12 The law does not depend on faith. No, it says that the only way a person will find life by the law is to obey its commands.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 3:10 Quote from Deut. 27:26.
  2. Galatians 3:11 Quote from Hab. 2:4.
  3. Galatians 3:12 the only way … commands See Lev. 18:5.

10 For 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) 11 Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God,(D) because “the righteous will live by faith.”[b](E) 12 The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, “The person who does these things will live by them.”[c](F)

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 3:10 Deut. 27:26
  2. Galatians 3:11 Hab. 2:4
  3. Galatians 3:12 Lev. 18:5