6-7In the same way that Abraham was considered right and acceptable because he believed God, know that those who believe now are the true sons of Abraham.8The scripture foresaw that God would make the nations acceptable to Him by faith, and so the gospel was preached to Abraham long ago by saying that "All the nations will be blessed by you."9Therefore those who have faith are blessed together with Abraham, who also had faith.10Those who depend on obeying the religious law are under a curse, for it is written, "Everyone who does not obey everything written in the book of the religious law is cursed."11So clearly no one can be made acceptable before God by the religious law for "those who are right before God shall live by faith."12But the law is not based on faith. It depends on what a man does, not what he believes.Access to the blessings of Abraham through Christ13Christ has saved us from the curse of not being able to obey the law perfectly by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Everyone who is hung on a tree is cursed."14In this way, He brought us back to God so that the Gentile nations might receive the blessings of Abraham through Christ Jesus, and that we might receive by faith the promise of receiving God's Spirit.
Scripture quoted by permission. The passage above is taken from THE TRUTH VERSION. Copyright © 2009 by Colin Urquhart. All rights reserved worldwide. (The Truth New Testament)