The Nature of Our Redemption
Hodge. Galatians 3:13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written… Redemption being deliverance by means of the substitution of a ransom, it follows that, although the ransom can only be paid to God, and to Him only as the moral governor of the universe, we may still be said to be redeemed from all that we are delivered from by means of the ransom paid in the sacrifice of Christ. Thus we are said to be redeemed from (1) our vain conversation (1 Peter 1:18); (2) death (Hosea 12:14); (3) the devil (Colossians 2:15); (4) all iniquity (Titus 2:14); (5) the curse of the law (Galatians 3:13; Galatians 4:5).It is, of course, not meant that the ransom is paid to the devil, or to sin. or to death, or to the law. These different conceptions are not inconsistent. A captive is redeemed by a price paid only to him that holds him in bondage, but by the same act he may be redeemed from labour, from disease, from death, from the persecution of his fellow-captives, and from a slavish disposition. (Hodge.) Parallel Verses KJV: Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: WEB: Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,"