Galatians 3:21

Is the law therefore against the promises of God? May it not happen! For if a law was given that could make alive, truly righteousness would be from law.

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In The King James Version

Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.

In Context

20Now a mediator is not of one, but God is one.

22But scripture confined all things under sin, so that the promise from faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:17Think not that I came to abolish the law or the prophets. I came not to abolish, but to fulfill.

Romans 3:6May it not happen! Otherwise how will God judge the world?

Romans 3:31Do we then make law void through faith? May it not happen! Instead, we establish law.

Romans 9:31But Israel who pursued a law of righteousness, did not arrive to a law of righteousness.

Galatians 2:17But if, while seeking to be made righteous in Christ, we ourselves were also found sinful, then is Christ an aide of sin? May it not happen!

Galatians 2:21I do not disregard the grace of God, for if righteousness is through law, then Christ died in vain.

Matthew Henry on Galatians 3:20-29

Design of the Law; The True Children of Abraham. ( a. d. 56.) 19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. 20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. 21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. 22 But the scripture hath concluded… Read the whole commentary →

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