Galatians 3:21

Is the lawe then against the promise of God? God forbyd. For yf there had ben a lawe geuen which coulde haue geuen life: then no doubt righteousnesse shoulde haue ben by the lawe.

Bible (Bishops')

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

20A mediatour is not [a mediatour] of one, but God is one.

22But the scripture hath concluded all vnder sinne, that the promise by ye fayth of Iesus Christe shoulde be geuen vnto them that beleue.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:17Thynke not that I am come to destroy the lawe, or the prophetes. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfyll.

Romans 3:6God forbyd. For howe then shall God iudge the worlde?

Romans 3:31Do we then destroy the lawe through fayth? God forbyd: But we rather mayntayne the lawe.

Romans 9:31But Israel, which folowed the lawe of ryghteousnesse, hath not attayned to the lawe of ryghteousnesse.

Galatians 2:17If then, whyle we seke to be made ryghteous by Christe, we our selues are founde sinners: is therfore Christe the minister of sinne? God forbyd.

Galatians 2:21I reiect not the grace of God: For yf ryghteousnesse come of the lawe, then Christe is dead in vayne.

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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