Galatians 3:23

American Standard Version (1901)

But before faith came, we were kept in ward under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

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  • Luke 10:23-24 : 23 And turning to the disciples, he said privately, Blessed [are] the eyes which see the things that ye see: 24 for I say unto you, that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which ye see, and saw them not; and to hear the things which ye hear, and heard them not.
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Now 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:
  • Rom 6:14-15 : 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under law, but under grace. 15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? God forbid.
  • Rom 11:32 : 32 For God hath shut up all unto disobedience, that he might have mercy upon all.
  • 1 Cor 9:20-21 : 20 And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, not being myself under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; 21 to them that are without law, as without law, not being without law to God, but under law to Christ, that I might gain them that are without law.
  • Gal 3:19 : 19 What 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.
  • Gal 3:24-25 : 24 So that the law is become our tutor [to bring us] unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25 But now that faith is come, we are no longer under a tutor.
  • Gal 4:1-5 : 1 But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he differeth nothing from a bondservant though he is lord of all; 2 but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed of the father. 3 So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world: 4 but when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 that he might redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
  • Gal 4:21 : 21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
  • Gal 5:18 : 18 But if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
  • Heb 11:13 : 13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
  • Heb 11:39-40 : 39 And these all, having had witness borne to them through their faith, received not the promise, 40 God having provided some better thing concerning us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
  • Heb 12:2 : 2 looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of [our] faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
  • 1 Pet 1:11-12 : 11 searching what [time] or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did point unto, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow them. 12 To whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced unto you through them that preached the gospel unto you by the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.

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  • Gal 3:24-26
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    24So that the law is become our tutor [to bring us] unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

    25But now that faith is come, we are no longer under a tutor.

    26For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus.

  • Gal 3:21-22
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    21Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could make alive, verily righteousness would have been of the law.

    22But the scriptures shut up all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

  • Gal 4:2-3
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    2but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed of the father.

    3So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world:

  • Gal 2:16-17
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    16yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

    17But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a minister of sin? God forbid.

  • Rom 3:27-28
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    27Where then is the glorying? It is excluded. By what manner of law? of works? Nay: but by a law of faith.

    28We reckon therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

  • Gal 3:8-14
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    8And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand unto Abraham, [saying], In thee shall all the nations be blessed.

    9So then they that are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.

    10For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one who continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.

    11Now that no man is justified by the law before God, is evident: for, The righteous shall live by faith;

    12and the law is not of faith; but, He that doeth them shall live in them.

    13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us; for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

    14that upon the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

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    17Now this I say: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of none effect.

    18For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise: but God hath granted it to Abraham by promise.

    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.

  • Rom 3:30-31
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    30if so be that God is one, and he shall justify the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through faith.

    31Do we then make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid: nay, we establish the law.

  • Rom 7:6-7
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    6But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that wherein we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.

    7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Howbeit, I had not known sin, except through the law: for I had not known coveting, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet:

  • Rom 3:19-22
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    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:

    20because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law [cometh] the knowledge of sin.

    21But now apart from the law a righteousness of God hath been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

    22even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ unto all them that believe; for there is no distinction;

  • Gal 3:2
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    2This only would I learn from you. Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

  • Gal 5:5
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    5For we through the Spirit by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.

  • Rom 4:13-16
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    13For not through the law was the promise to Abraham or to his seed that he should be heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith.

    14For if they that are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of none effect:

    15for the law worketh wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there transgression.

    16For this cause [it is] of faith, that [it may be] according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

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    5that he might redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

  • Phil 3:9
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    9and be found in him, not having a righteousness of mine own, [even] that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:

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    9What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we before laid to the charge both of Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin;

  • Rom 3:24
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    24being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

  • Acts 13:39
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    39and by him every one that believeth is justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

  • Rom 9:30
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    30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who followed not after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:

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    17For therein is revealed a righteousness of God from faith unto faith: as it is written, But the righteous shall live by faith.

  • Gal 3:6
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    6Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

  • Rom 16:26
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    26but now is manifested, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, is made known unto all the nations unto obedience of faith:

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    7that, being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

  • Rom 5:1-2
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    1Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

    2through whom also we have had our access by faith into this grace wherein we stand; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

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    12to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:

  • Gal 2:19
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    19For I through the law died unto the law, that I might live unto God.

  • Rom 10:4
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    4For Christ is the end of the law unto righteousness to every one that believeth.