Galatians 3:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But before faith came, we were kept in prison under the law, waiting for the revelation of the faith which was to come.

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  • Luke 10:23-24 : 23 And, turning to the disciples, he said privately, Happy are the eyes which see the things you see: 24 For I say to you that numbers of prophets and kings have had a desire to see the things which you see, and have not seen them, and to have knowledge of the things which have come to your ears, and they had it not.
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God:
  • Rom 6:14-15 : 14 For sin may not have rule over you: because you are not under law, but under grace. 15 What then? are we to go on in sin because we are not under law but under grace? Let it not be so.
  • Rom 11:32 : 32 For God has let them all go against his orders, so that he might have mercy on them all.
  • 1 Cor 9:20-21 : 20 And to the Jews I was as a Jew, so that I might give the good news to them; to those under the law I was the same, not as being myself under the law, but so that I might give the good news to those under the law. 21 To those without the law I was as one without the law, not as being without law to God, but as under law to Christ, so that I might give the good news to those without the law.
  • Gal 3:19 : 19 What then is the law? It was an addition made because of sin, till the coming of the seed to whom the undertaking had been given; and it was ordered through angels by the hand of a go-between.
  • Gal 3:24-25 : 24 So the law has been a servant to take us to Christ, so that we might have righteousness by faith. 25 But now that faith is come, we are no longer under a servant.
  • Gal 4:1-5 : 1 But I say that as long as the son is a child, he is in no way different from a servant, though he is lord of all; 2 But is under keepers and managers till the time fixed by the father. 3 So we, when we were young, were kept under the first rules of the world; 4 But when the time had come, God sent out his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, 5 That he might make them free who were under the law, and that we might be given the place of sons.
  • Gal 4:21 : 21 Say, you whose desire it is to be under the law, do you not give ear to the law?
  • Gal 5:18 : 18 But if you are guided by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
  • Heb 11:13 : 13 All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.
  • Heb 11:39-40 : 39 And not one of these got the good things of the agreement, though they all had a good record through faith, 40 Because God had kept some better thing for us, so that it was not possible for them to become complete without us.
  • Heb 12:2 : 2 Having our eyes fixed on Jesus, the guide and end of our faith, who went through the pains of the cross, not caring for the shame, because of the joy which was before him, and who has now taken his place at the right hand of God's seat of power.
  • 1 Pet 1:11-12 : 11 Attempting to see what sort of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them was pointing to, when it gave witness to the pains which Christ would undergo and the glories which would come after them. 12 And it was made clear to those prophets that they were God's servants not for themselves but for you, to give you word of the things which have now come to your ears from the preachers of the good news through the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven; things which even angels have a desire to see.

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  • Gal 3:24-26
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    24 So the law has been a servant to take us to Christ, so that we might have righteousness by faith.

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

    26 Because you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

  • Gal 3:21-22
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    21 Is the law then against the words of God? in no way; because if there had been a law which was able to give life, truly righteousness would have been by the law.

    22 However, the holy Writings have put all things under sin, so that that for which God gave the undertaking, based on faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who have such faith.

  • Gal 4:2-3
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    2 But is under keepers and managers till the time fixed by the father.

    3 So we, when we were young, were kept under the first rules of the world;

  • Gal 2:16-17
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    16 Being conscious that a man does not get righteousness by the works of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ, we had faith in Christ Jesus, so that we might get righteousness by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law will no flesh get righteousness.

    17 But if, while we were desiring to get righteousness through Christ, we ourselves were seen to be sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? In no way!

  • Rom 3:27-28
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    27 What reason, then, is there for pride? It is shut out. By what sort of law? of works? No, but by a law of faith.

    28 For this reason, then, a man may get righteousness by faith without the works of the law.

  • Gal 3:8-14
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    8 And the holy Writings, seeing before the event that God would give the Gentiles righteousness by faith, gave the good news before to Abraham, saying, In you will all the nations have a blessing.

    9 So then those who are of faith have a part in the blessing of Abraham who was full of faith.

    10 For all who are of the works of the law are under a curse: because it is said in the Writings, A curse is on everyone who does not keep on doing all the things which are ordered in the book of the law.

    11 Now that no man gets righteousness by the law in the eyes of God, is clear; because, The upright will be living by faith.

    12 And the law is not of faith; but, He who does them will have life by them.

    13 Christ has made us free from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us: because it is said in the Writings, A curse on everyone who is put to death by hanging on a tree:

    14 So that on the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; in order that we through faith might have the Spirit which God had undertaken to give.

  • Gal 3:17-19
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    17 Now this I say: The law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, does not put an end to the agreement made before by God, so as to make the undertaking without effect.

    18 Because if the heritage is by the law, it is no longer dependent on the word of God; but God gave it to Abraham by his word.

    19 What then is the law? It was an addition made because of sin, till the coming of the seed to whom the undertaking had been given; and it was ordered through angels by the hand of a go-between.

  • Rom 3:30-31
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    30 If God is one; and he will give righteousness because of faith to those who have circumcision, and through faith to those who have not circumcision.

    31 Do we, then, through faith make the law of no effect? in no way: but we make it clear that the law is important.

  • Rom 7:6-7
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    6 But now we are free from the law, having been made dead to that which had power over us; so that we are servants in the new way of the spirit, not in the old way of the letter.

    7 What then is to be said? is the law sin? in no way. But I would not have had knowledge of sin but for the law: for I would not have been conscious of desire if the law had not said, You may not have a desire for what is another's.

  • Rom 3:19-22
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    19 Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God:

    20 Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

    21 But now without the law there is a revelation of the righteousness of God, to which witness is given by the law and the prophets;

    22 That is, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, to all those who have faith; and one man is not different from another,

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    2 Give me an answer to this one question, Did the Spirit come to you through the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

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

  • Rom 4:13-16
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    13 For God's word, that the earth would be his heritage, was given to Abraham, not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

    14 For if they who are of the law are the people who get the heritage, then faith is made of no use, and the word of God has no power;

    15 For the outcome of the law is wrath; but where there is no law it will not be broken.

    16 For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

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    5 That he might make them free who were under the law, and that we might be given the place of sons.

  • Phil 3:9
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    9 And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

  • Rom 3:9
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    9 What then? are we worse off than they? In no way: because we have before made it clear that Jews as well as Greeks are all under the power of sin;

  • Rom 3:24
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    24 And they may have righteousness put to their credit, freely, by his grace, through the salvation which is in Christ Jesus:

  • Acts 13:39
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    39 And through him everyone who has faith is made free from all those things, from which the law of Moses was not able to make you free.

  • Rom 9:30
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    30 What then may we say? That the nations who did not go after righteousness have got righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:

  • Rom 1:17
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    17 For in it there is the revelation of the righteousness of God from faith to faith: as it is said in the holy Writings, The man who does righteousness will be living by his faith.

  • Gal 3:6
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    6 Even as Abraham had faith in God, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

  • Rom 16:26
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    26 But is now made clear; and by the writings of the prophets, by the order of the eternal God, the knowledge of it has been given to all the nations, so that they may come under the rule of the faith;

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    7 So that, having been given righteousness through grace, we might have a part in the heritage, the hope of eternal life.

  • Rom 5:1-2
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    1 For which reason, because we have righteousness through faith, let us be at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

    2 Through whom, in the same way, we have been able by faith to come to this grace in which we now are; and let us have joy in hope of the glory of God.

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    12 So that his glory might have praise through us who first had hope in Christ:

  • Gal 2:19
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    19 For I, through the law, have become dead to the law, so that I might be living to God.

  • Rom 10:4
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    4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who has faith.