Galatians 3:23
But before faith came, we were kept in ward under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
24So that the law hath been our tutor to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Cross References
Romans 3:19Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God:
Romans 11:32For God hath shut up all unto disobedience, that he might have mercy upon all.
Galatians 3:19What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise hath been made; and it was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.
Galatians 4:1But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he differeth nothing from a bondservant, though he is lord of all;
Galatians 5:18But if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
Hebrews 11:39And these all, having had witness borne to them through their faith, 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 →