Galatians 3:21
God, however, is only one. Is the Law then opposed to the promises of God? No, indeed; for if a Law had been given which could have conferred Life, righteousness would certainly have come by the Law.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
20But there cannot be a mediator where only one individual is concerned.
Cross References
Matthew 5:17"Do not for a moment suppose that I have come to abrogate the Law or the Prophets: I have not come to abrogate them but to give them their completion.
Romans 3:6No indeed; for in that case how shall He judge all mankind?)
Romans 3:31Do we then by means of this faith abolish the Law? No, indeed; we give the Law a firmer footing.
Romans 9:31while the descendants of Israel, who were in pursuit of a Law that could give righteousness, have not arrived at one.
Galatians 2:17But if while we are seeking in Christ acquittal from guilt we ourselves are convicted of sin, Christ then encourages us to sin! No, indeed.
Galatians 2:21I do not nullify the grace of God; for if acquittal from guilt is obtainable through the Law, then Christ has 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 →