Galatians 3:21

Is then the Law against the promises of God? Far be it! For if a law had been given which was able to give life, righteousness would indeed have been by the Law;

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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

20Now no mediator is a mediator of one; but God is one.

22but the Scripture shut up all under sin, that the blessing promised through faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:17Think not that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfill.

Romans 3:6Far be it! For then how shall God judge the world?

Romans 3:31Do we then make void the Law through faith? Far be it! On the contrary, we establish the Law.

Romans 9:31while Israel, which strove after a law of righteousness, did not attain to a law of righteousness.

Galatians 2:17But while seeking to be accepted as righteous in Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is Christ therefore a minister of sin? Far be it!

Galatians 2:21I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness come through the Law, then did Christ die for nought.

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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