Galatians 3:10

3:10 For all who ¹  rely on doing the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not keep on doing everything written in the book of the law.” ² 

Galatians 3:13-14

3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming ³  a curse for us (because it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”) ⁴  3:14 in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles, ⁵  so that we could receive the promise of the Spirit by faith.

¹ tn Grk “For as many as.”

² tn Grk “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all the things written in the book of the law, to do them.”

³ tn Grk “having become”; the participle γενόμενος (genomenos) has been taken instrumentally.

⁴ 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.

⁵ tn Or “so that the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus.”