Galatians 3:21

Was the law then against the promises of God? God forbid. For if there had been a law given which could give life, verily justice should have been by the law.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise, by the faith of Jesus Christ, might be given to them that believe.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:17Do not think that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.

Romans 3:6(I speak according to man.) God forbid: otherwise how shall God judge this world?

Romans 3:31Do we, then, destroy the law through faith? God forbid: but we establish the law.

Romans 9:31But Israel, by following after the law of justice, is not come unto the law of justice.

Galatians 2:17But if while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners; is Christ then the minister of sin? God forbid.

Galatians 2:21I cast not away the grace of God. For if justice be by the 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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