Galatians 3:23
But before the faith came, the law kept us shut up unto the faith that was to be revealed.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
24The law, therefore, was a monitor for us unto the Messiah, that we might become just by faith.
Cross References
Romans 3:19Now we know, that whatever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world be guilty before God.
Romans 11:32For God hath shut up all men in disobedience, that upon all men he might have mercy.
Galatians 3:19What then is the law? It was added on account of transgression, until that seed should come, to whom belonged the promise: and the law was given by angels through a mediator.
Galatians 4:1But I say, that the heir, so long as he is a child, differeth not from a servant, although he is lord of all;
Galatians 5:18But if ye are guided by the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
Hebrews 11:39And all these, of whose faith there is testimony, received not the promise:
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 →