Galatians 3:21

So does the law work against God's promises? Of course not! For if there was a law that could give life, then we could be made right by keeping it.

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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

20But a mediator isn't needed when there's only one person involved. And God is one!

22But Scripture tells us that we all are prisoners of sin. The only way we can receive God's promises is by trusting in Jesus Christ.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:17Don't think I came to abolish the law or the writings of the prophets. I didn't come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.

Romans 3:6Of course not! How else could God judge the world?

Romans 3:31Does that mean that by trusting in God we do away with the law? Of course not! In fact we affirm the importance of the law.

Romans 9:31But the people of Israel, who looked to the law to make them right with God, never succeeded.

Galatians 2:17For if, as we look to be made right in Christ, we ourselves prove to be sinners, does that then mean that Christ is in the service of sin? Of course not!

Galatians 2:21How could I dismiss God's grace? For if we could be made right through keeping the law then Christ died a pointless death!

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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