Galatians 3:24
So the Law has been our tutor-slave our pedagogue to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith;
Montgomery 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 now that the Faith is come, we are no longer under a tutor-slave.
Cross References
Acts 13:38"Be it known unto you therefore, brothers, that remission of sins is proclaimed to you through this man;
Romans 7:7What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? Certainly not. On the contrary I should not have become acquainted with sin had it not been for the Law; for except the Law had repeatedly said, "Thou shalt not lust," I should never have known the sin of lust.
Romans 10:4For to every believer Christ is an end of law as a means of righteousness.
Galatians 2:16"yet because we know that no man is justified by the works of the Law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, we ourselves also have put our faith in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the Law; for "By the works of the Law shall no flesh be justified."
Galatians 3:25but now that the Faith is come, we are no longer under a tutor-slave.
Colossians 2:17These were a shadow of things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.
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 →