Galatians 3:21

Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? God forbid. For if there had been a law given which was capable of procuring life, verily righteousness would have been by the law.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 the mediator of the one seed he is not, though God is one.

22But the scripture hath shut up all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:17Think not that I am come to destroy the law and the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil.

Romans 3:6God forbid: for how then shall God judge the world?

Romans 3:31Do we then abolish the law through faith? God forbid: but on the contrary, we give the law stability.

Romans 9:31But Israel, pursuing after the law of righteousness, hath not come up to the law of righteousness.

Galatians 2:17For if seeking to be justified by Christ, we also ourselves should be found sinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? God forbid.

Galatians 2:21I do not set at nought the grace of God; for if righteousness came by the law, truly Christ hath died in vain.

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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