Redeemed from the curse (3:13–14)

Says Galatians 3:13 opens Χριστὸς ἡμᾶς ἐξηγόρασεν ἐκ τῆς κατάρας τοῦ νόμου (Christos hēmas exēgorasen ek tēs kataras tou nomou); ἐξαγοράζω is “to redeem, ransom (esp. of slaves)”. The means is γενόμενος ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν κατάρα (genomenos hyper hēmōn katara, “having become a curse for us”): the noun, not an adjective, which Abbott-Smith marks “concrete, of Christ”. The citation is Ἐπικατάρατος πᾶς ὁ κρεμάμενος ἐπὶ ξύλου (Epikataratos pas ho kremamenos epi xylou), where ξύλον is used, as Abbott-Smith notes, “in NT, of the Cross”.

Says Galatians 3:14 has two ἵνα clauses: ἵνα εἰς τὰ ἔθνη ἡ εὐλογία τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ γένηται ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ and ἵνα τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ πνεύματος λάβωμεν διὰ τῆς πίστεως. The Greek is “the blessing of Abraham” (εὐλογία, “blessing, benediction”); the BSB has “the blessing promised to Abraham”.

Implies With ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν, Christ bore the curse in our place, and the result runs to the Gentiles and to receiving the promised Spirit through faith.

Uncertain Who “us” is in 3:13–14 is not marked by the grammar. No lean is taken here.