6 Abraham[ref] believed in God and was declared guiltless as a result. 7 So now anyone who exercises faith is a descendant of Abraham.[ref] 8 [ref]The writers of the scriptures foresaw that God was going to make non-Jews guiltless through faith when he promised to Abraham that all the nations would be blessed through him, 9 so those who have faith that Yeshua is the messiah will be blessed just as Abraham was blessed for believing God.

10 All those who strive to be saved by obeying the law are under a curse, because it’s written that ‘everyone is cursed who doesn’t live by and fulfil everything that’s been written down in the law scroll’.[ref] 11 It’s clear that the law can’t make anyone guiltless in God’s view, because it’s written that ‘those who are guiltless will live by faith’.[ref] 12 And the law doesn’t produce faith, but ‘the person who obeys these things is the one who will live’.[ref]

13 The messiah saved us from the law’s curse by becoming the curse for our sake, because it’s written, ‘anyone who’s hung on a tree is cursed’.[ref] 14 He paid the price for us so that the blessing for Abraham would also reach the non-Jews through the messiah Yeshua and we’d all be able to receive the spirit through faith.