Galatians 3:11–14

3:11 Now it is clear no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous one will live by faith.22 3:12 But the law is not based on faith,23 but the one who does the works of the law24 will live by them.25 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming26 a curse for us (because it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”)27 3:14 in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles,28 so that we could receive the promise of the Spirit by faith.

22	tn Or “The one who is righteous by faith will live” (a quotation from Hab 2:4).
23	tn Grk “is not from faith.”
24	tn Grk “who does these things”; the referent (the works of the law, see 3:5) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
25	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.
26	tn Grk “having become”; the participle γενόμενος (genomenos) has been taken instrumentally.
27	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.
28	tn Or “so that the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus.”