Galatians 3:24
Wherfore, the lawe was our scholemaister vnto Christe, that we shoulde be iustified by fayth.
Bible (Bishops')
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
25But after that fayth is come, we are no longer vnder a scholemaister.
Cross References
Romans 7:7What shall we say then? Is the lawe sinne? God forbyd. Neuerthelesse, I knewe not sinne, but by the lawe: For I had not knowen lust, except the lawe had sayde, thou shalt not lust.
Romans 10:4For Christe is the ende of the lawe, for ryghteousnesse to all that beleue.
Galatians 2:16Knowe that a man is not iustified by the deedes of the lawe, but by the fayth of Iesus Christe: And we haue beleued on Iesus Christ, that we might be iustified by the fayth of Christe, and not by the deedes of the lawe, because by the deedes of the lawe no fleshe shalbe iustified.
Galatians 3:25But after that fayth is come, we are no longer vnder a scholemaister.
Colossians 2:17Which are shadowes of thynges to come: but the body (is) of Christe.
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 →