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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
In reality, the people were subject to another curse, which says, "Cursed is every one that continueth not in the things that are written in the book of the Law." To this curse, I say, people were subject, for no man had continued in, or was a keeper of, the whole Law; but Christ exchanged this curse for the other, "Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree." As then both he who hanged on a tree, and he who transgresses the Law, is cursed, and as it was necessary for him who is about to relieve from a curse himself to be free from …
Theophylact of Ohrid
Lest someone object, saying: it is true that he who does not fulfill the law is cursed and that faith justifies, but how do we know that that curse has been destroyed? For we fear that, having once fallen under the yoke of the law, we ourselves might remain under the curse; therefore Paul shows that the curse has been destroyed by Christ. …
Justin Martyr
Then I replied, "Just as God commanded the sign to be made by the brazen serpent, and yet He is blameless; even so, though a curse lies in the law against persons who are crucified, yet no curse lies on the Christ of God, by whom all that have committed things worthy of a curse are saved. For the whole human race will be found to be under a curse. …
Western Saints
Jerome
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, becoming cursed for us. In this passage, Marcion sneaks in the power of the Creator, whom he slanders as bloody, cruel, and a punisher (or judge), asserting that we are redeemed through Christ, who is the Son of another good God. …
Thomas Aquinas
Having explained the curse brought on by the Law, as well as the Law's incapacity to deliver from sin, he now shows forth Christ's power to set one free from this curse. First, he shows how through Christ we are set free of that curse; Secondly, how in addition we receive help from Christ (v. 14). As to the first, he does three things: First, he presents the author of the liberation; Secondly, the manner of liberation (v. 13): "being made a curse for us;" Thirdly, the testimony of the prophets (v. …
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