Galatians 3:19
What was the point of the law, then? It was added to show what wrongdoing really is, until the son came to whom the promise had been made. The law was put in place by angels through the hand of a mediator.
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20But a mediator isn't needed when there's only one person involved. And God is one!
Cross References
Exodus 20:19“You speak to us, and we'll listen,” they said to Moses. “But don't let God speak to us, or we'll die.”
Exodus 34:27Then the Lord told Moses, “Write down these words, because these are the basis for the agreement I have made with you and with Israel.”
Deuteronomy 4:8What nation is as great as us, having such good rules and regulations like all these laws that I'm placing before you today?
Deuteronomy 5:22In a loud voice the Lord gave these commandments to all of you, speaking from the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness that covered the mountain. He didn't add anything else. He wrote them down on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
Deuteronomy 9:25So I lay down on the ground before the Lord for forty days and forty nights, because the Lord had threatened to destroy you.
Deuteronomy 33:2He said, The Lord came from Mount Sinai and shone on us from Mount Seir; he blazed out from Mount Paran coming with ten thousand holy ones, holding flaming fire at his right hand.
Matthew Henry on Galatians 3:7-19
Justification by Faith. ( a. d. 56.) 6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. 7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. 8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. 9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. 10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is… Read the whole commentary →