Galatians 3:23
But before the faith came, we were kept under law, being shut up to the faith which was to be revealed.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
24So, then, the law was our pedagogue that led us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Cross References
Romans 3:19Now we know that what the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world become guilty before God.
Romans 11:32For God has delivered them all over to unbelief, that he may have mercy on them all.
Galatians 3:19What, then, was the purpose of the law? It was added on account of transgressions, (till the offspring should come, to whom the promise was made,) having been appointed through the service of angels, in the hand of a mediator.
Galatians 4:1But I say, that the heir, as long as he is a minor, differs in no respect from a servant, though he is owner of all;
Galatians 5:18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.
Hebrews 11:39And all these, having obtained a good reputation by faith, received not the promise,
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 →