Galatians 3:21

Is the law then against the promises of God? Absolutely not: for if there had been a law given which could impart life, then righteousness truly would have been through the law.

Revised King James 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

20Now a mediator is not for one party only, but God is one.

22But the scripture has declared all to be prisoners of sin, so that the promise, given on the basis of faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.

Read all of Galatians 3

Cross References

Matthew 5:17Do not think that I have come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I have not come to destroy, but to fulfill.

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

Romans 3:31Do we then make the law void through faith? Not at all: rather, we establish the law.

Romans 9:31But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, has not fulfilled that law.

Galatians 2:17But if, while seeking to be justified by Christ, we ourselves are also shown to be sinners, is Christ therefore a minister of sin? God forbid.

Galatians 2:21I do not nullify the grace of God: for if righteousness comes by the law, then Christ 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Galatians 3:21