| Kenneth L. Boles - Religion - 1993 - 356 pages
...based on faith; on the contrary, "The man who does these things will live by them."c "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree."d 14He redeemed us in order that the... | |
| John Braisted Carman - Religion - 1994 - 470 pages
...son. Killed as a criminal, Jesus took upon himself the curse of sinful human beings. "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us" (Gal. 3:13); "He himself bore our sin in his body on the 15. Sathapatha Brahmana I, 9.3.9, quoted in... | |
| Joel B. Green, Max Turner - 1994 - 564 pages
...This movement away from the Jewish "paradigm" is stated by Paul in Gal 3:13-14: Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse for us — for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree" — in order that the blessing of Abraham... | |
| John Calvin, Jean Calvin - Religion - 1994 - 478 pages
...completely certain that atonement has been made for our sins by his sacrificial death, that "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us" (Galatians 3:13), and that "God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become... | |
| Frank Thielman - Religion - 2009 - 340 pages
...Paul's third step, taken in verses 13-14, demonstrates why this is so. "Christ," he says, "redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us." He then quotes Deuteronomy 21:23, which says that one hung on a tree is cursed by God, presumably because... | |
| G. Walter Hansen - Religion - 1994 - 218 pages
...faith to the cross of Christ. In large letters this signpost announces the fact that Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. How Christ became a curse for us is explained in the citation from Deuteronomy 21:23: Cursed is everyone... | |
| Anthony A. Hoekema - Religion - 1994 - 296 pages
...1957), pp. 268-69. 97. Christian Holiness, p. 27. merit. But he goes on to say that "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.' He redeemed us in order that the blessing... | |
| Louis-Marie Chauvet - Sacraments - 1995 - 592 pages
...transformation, which he confides to us in Philippians 3:714, as he discovers that "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us ... in order that . . . the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles" (Gal 3:13-14). How could... | |
| William J. Petersen, Randy Petersen - Music - 1995 - 772 pages
...resolve to devote our lives to Him, to please Him, and praise Him through all eternity. Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree." He redeemed us in order that the blessing... | |
| David M. Rhoads - Religion - 192 pages
...Law. Because people disobeyed, all were under a curse in relation to the Law; yet "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. As it is written, 'Cursed is everyone who hangs upon a tree' " (3:13). In a representative way, Jesus... | |
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