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Galatians 3:13 states that Christ redeemed "us" from the curse of the law. Verse 14 then draws a stunning conclusion: Christ provided this redemption in order that the blessing of Abraham might be in Christ for the Gentiles and that "we" might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. The conciseness of Paul's argument in Gal 3:13-14 has made it difficult to follow and has fostered the idea of unproven assertions within it. But unproven assertions that are contrary to the thinking of the Galatians would fail to persuade. In Paul's day, as today, readers expected a high standard of logical reasoning in argumentation. This article sets vv. 13-14 in their context to contend that they deal with justification, not with an individual's manner of life or with Israel in exile. Then after identifying "us" as Jews in v. 13 and "we" as both Jews and Gentiles in v. 14, it examines the ties between redemption for Jews in v. 13, the Abrahamic promise for Gentiles in v. 14a, and reception of the Spirit in v. 14b in order to determine what evidence Paul uses to support his claims. Paul draws on common ground that he shares with his readers and substantiates exactly those points on which he and they might differ. The article concludes that Paul's argument adheres to a strict standard of logic, one both appropriate for his time and convincing by western standards. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]