Galatians 3:9-11

Easy-to-Read Version

⁹Abraham believed this, and because he believed, he was blessed. All people who believe are blessed the same as Abraham was.

¹⁰But 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] ¹¹So 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]

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Footnotes

Galatians 3:10 Quote from Deut. 27:26.
Galatians 3:11 Quote from Hab. 2:4.

Galatians 3:9-11

New International Version

⁹So those who rely on faith^(A) are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.^(B)

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