Verse 23

Before this faith came, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed.

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  • Luke 10:23-24 : 23 Then He turned to His disciples and said privately, 'Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.' 24 For I tell you, many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
  • Rom 6:14-15 : 14 For sin will not rule over you, because you are not under the law but under grace. 15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? Certainly not!
  • Rom 11:32 : 32 For God has bound everyone over to disobedience so that He may have mercy on them all.
  • 1 Cor 9:20-21 : 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law, I became like one under the law, even though I myself am not under the law, to win those under the law. 21 To those without the law, I became like one without the law (not being without God’s law but under the law of Christ), to win those without the law.
  • Gal 3:19 : 19 Why, then, was the law given? It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise was made would come. It was administered through angels by a mediator.
  • Gal 3:24-25 : 24 So the law was our guardian until Christ came, so that we might be justified by faith. 25 Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.
  • Gal 4:1-5 : 1 I say that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, even though he is the master of everything. 2 But he is under guardians and managers until the time set by his father. 3 In the same way, we too, when we were children, were enslaved under the elemental principles of the world. 4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
  • Gal 4:21 : 21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law?
  • Gal 5:18 : 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
  • Heb 11:13 : 13 All these people died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar and been persuaded of them, and having embraced them, they openly declared that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
  • Heb 11:39-40 : 39 And all of these, though they were commended for their faith, did not receive what was promised. 40 Since God had provided something better for us, so that they would not be made perfect without us.
  • Heb 12:2 : 2 Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising its shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
  • 1 Pet 1:11-12 : 11 They inquired into what time or situation the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when He testified beforehand about the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow. 12 It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been announced to you by those who preached the gospel to you through the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things even angels long to look into.