Galatians 3:21
Is the Law then opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not; for if a law had been given which could make alive, then righteousness would actually have come from law;
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20(Now a mediator implies more than one person, but God is only one.)
Cross References
Matthew 5:17"Do not suppose that I am come to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I am come not to destroy, but to fulfil.
Romans 3:6Be it far from us; for in that case how could God judge the world?
Romans 3:31Do we then render law invalid through faith? Certainly not; on the contrary we make it stand.
Romans 9:31But that the descendants of Israel, who were in pursuit of a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law?
Galatians 2:17But if while seeking to be justified in Christ we ourselves also have been found to be sinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? Far from it!
Galatians 2:21I do not annul the grace of God; for if righteousness comes by way of the Law, then indeed Christ died Christ for nothing.
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 →