Galatians 3:24
So then the Law hath been our schoolmaster, to lead us to Christ, that we might be accepted as righteous through faith;
Noyes Bible
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 faith having come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
Cross References
Acts 13:38Be it therefore known to you, brethren, that through this man is announced to you the forgiveness of sins;
Romans 7:7What then shall we say? Is the Law sin? God forbid! But I should not have known sin, except by the Law; for I should not have known sinful desire, unless the Law had said, “Thou shalt not covet.”
Romans 10:4For Christ is the end of the Law, so that every one that believeth may obtain righteousness.
Galatians 2:16but knowing that a man is not accepted as righteous by the works of the Law, but by faith in Christ Jesus, we also have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be accepted as righteous by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the Law; for by the works of the Law shall no flesh be accepted as righteous.
Galatians 3:25but faith having come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
Colossians 2:17which are a shadow of the things to come, but the body is Christ's.
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 →