Galatians 3:21

Is the Lawe then against the promises of God? God forbid: For if there had bene a Lawe giuen which coulde haue giuen life, surely righteousnes should haue bene by the Lawe.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

20Nowe a Mediatour is not a Mediatour of one: but God is one.

22But the Scripture hath concluded all vnder sinne, that the promise by the faith of Iesus Christ should be giuen to them that beleeue.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:17Think not that I am come to destroy the Lawe, or the Prophets. I am not come to destroy them, but to fulfill them.

Romans 3:6God forbid: els how shall God iudge ye world?

Romans 3:31Doe we then make the Lawe of none effect through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the Lawe.

Romans 9:31But Israel which followed the Lawe of righteousnes, could not arteine vnto the Law of righteousnes.

Galatians 2:17If then while we seeke to be made righteous by Christ, we our selues are found sinners, is Christ therefore the minister of sinne? God forbid.

Galatians 2:21I doe not abrogate the grace of God: for if righteousnes be by the Lawe, then Christ dyed without a cause.

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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