3:6 Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness, ¹  3:7 so then, understand ²  that those who believe are the sons of Abraham. ³  3:8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the gospel to Abraham ahead of time, ⁴  saying, “All the nations ⁵  will be blessed in you.” ⁶  3:9 So then those who believe ⁷  are blessed along with Abraham the believer. 3:10 For all who ⁸  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.” ⁹  3:11 Now it is clear no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous one will live by faith. ¹⁰  3:12 But the law is not based on faith, ¹¹  but the one who does the works of the law ¹²  will live by them. ¹³  3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming ¹⁴  a curse for us (because it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”) ¹⁵  3:14 in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles, ¹⁶  so that we could receive the promise of the Spirit by faith.