Galatians 3:24
So that the law has become our schoolmaster, unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
In Context
23But before faith came, we were guarded under law, shut up unto the faith which was to be revealed.
25But faith having come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
Cross References
Acts 13:38Be it known to you therefore, men, brethren, that remission of sins through this man is announced to you;
Romans 7:7What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Far be it! But I had not known sin, except through law; for I had not known coveting, if the law had not said: Thou shalt not covet.
Romans 10:4For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness, to every one that believes.
Galatians 2:16but knowing that a man is not justified by works of law, but through faith in Jesus Christ, we also believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of law; because by works of law no flesh shall be justified.
Galatians 3:25But faith having come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
Colossians 2:17which are a shadow of the things to come, but the body is of Christ.
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 →