Galatians 3:23
But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
King James Version
In Context
24Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Cross References
Romans 3:19Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Romans 11:32For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
Galatians 3:19Wherefore 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.
Galatians 4:1Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
Galatians 5:18But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
Hebrews 11:39And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
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 →