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11 Now, you can see this. No man is called a good man by God because he obeys the law. The holy writings say, `Those who are right with God shall live by faith.'

12 The law does not ask people to believe. It says, `He who obeys the laws will live because of them.'

13 Christ has saved us from the curse which the law put on us. He took the curse on himself. It should have been on us. The holy writings say, `A curse be on everyone who hangs on a tree!'

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11 Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God,(A) because “the righteous will live by faith.”[a](B) 12 The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, “The person who does these things will live by them.”[b](C) 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law(D) by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.”[c](E)

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 3:11 Hab. 2:4
  2. Galatians 3:12 Lev. 18:5
  3. Galatians 3:13 Deut. 21:23