Galatians 3:21

Therefore, is the law against the promises of God? By no means! For if a law had been given which was able to give life, truly righteousness would have been by the law.

English Majority Text (NT)

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 the mediator is not for one person, but God is one.

22But the Scripture has confined all under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:17“Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill.

Romans 3:6By no means! For otherwise how shall God judge the world?

Romans 3:31Therefore do we nullify the law through faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.

Romans 9:31but Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, did not attain to the law of righteousness.

Galatians 2:17But if by seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ then an agent of sin? By no means!

Galatians 2:21I do not annul the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.

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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