Galatians 3:24
Wherefore the law was our conductor, as of children, to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
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 when faith was come, we were no longer under a paedagogue.
Cross References
Acts 13:38Be it therefore known unto you, men and brethren, that through this man remission of sin is proclaimed to you:
Romans 7:7What then shall we say? Is the law sin? God forbid. Yea, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not even known concupiscence, unless the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
Romans 10:4For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
Galatians 2:16knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of the law; because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Galatians 3:25But when faith was come, we were no longer under a paedagogue.
Colossians 2:17which are merely shadows of 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 →