Galatians 3:9-11

International Children’s Bible

⁹Abraham believed this, and because he believed, he was blessed. It is the same today. All who believe today are blessed just as Abraham was blessed. ¹⁰But those who depend on following the law to make them right are under a curse because the Scriptures say, “Anyone will be cursed who does not always obey what is written in the Book of the Law!”^[a] ¹¹So it is clear that no one can be made right with God by the law. The Scriptures say, “He who is right with God by faith will live.”^[b]

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Footnotes

3:10 “Anyone . . . Law!” Quotation from Deuteronomy 27:26.
3:11 “He . . . live.” Quotation from Habakkuk 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)