be kept is 3:10–14. In the argument to which these verses contribute (3:1–4:7), he claims that Gentile believers have no need of the law because they are already Abraham’s children and heirs of his blessing in virtue of their relationship to Christ. Much of Paul’s energy is devoted to arguing the positive point that Gentile believers are inheritors of the blessing promised to Abraham. In 3:10–13, however, he also makes the negative argument that “those who rely on the law are under a curse.” Paul