Galatians 3:10

The law Judgment Sin

⁸ The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”

⁹ So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

¹¹ Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”

¹² The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
KJV: For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
WEB: For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who doesn’t continue in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.”
ASV: For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one who continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.
DARBY: For as many as are on the principle of works of law are under curse. For it is written, Cursed is every one who does not continue in all things which [are] written in the book of the law to do them;
BLB: For as many as are of works of the law, they are under a curse, for it has been written: “Cursed [is] everyone who does not continue in all things having been written in the Book of the Law, to do them.”

ÅB: For så mange som holder seg til lov-gjerninger, er under forbannelse; for det er skrevet: Forbannet er hver den som ikke blir ved i alt som er skrevet i lovens bok, så han gjør det!
OTB: For alle som holder seg til lovgjerninger, er under forbannelse, for det står skrevet: «Forbannet er hver den som ikke blir ved alt det som er skrevet i lovens bok, så han gjør det.»
B1930: For så mange som holder sig til lov-gjerninger, er under forbannelse; for det er skrevet: Forbannet er hver den som ikke blir ved i alt som er skrevet i lovens bok, så han gjør det!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Deuteronomy 27:26
‘Cursed is he who does not put the words of this law into practice.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
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Romans 8:7
because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
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Romans 3:19–20
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
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Deuteronomy 11:26–28
See, today I am setting before you a blessing and a curse—
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James 2:9–11
But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
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Romans 4:15
because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.
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Jeremiah 11:3
You must tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant,
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Galatians 2:16
know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
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