Galatians 3:24
Wherefore the law was our school-master to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Webster Bible
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 after faith is come, we are no longer under a school-master.
Cross References
Acts 13:38Be it known to you therefore, men, brethren, that through this man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins;
Romans 7:7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? By no means. No, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
Romans 10:4For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
Galatians 2:16Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we may 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 after faith is come, we are no longer under a school-master.
Colossians 2:17Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of 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 →