Galatians 3:23

Geneva Bible (1560)

But before faith came, we were kept vnder the Law, as vnder a garison, and shut vp vnto that faith, which should afterward be reueiled.

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  • Luke 10:23-24 : 23 And he turned to his disciples, and said secretly, Blessed are the eyes, which see that ye see. 24 For I tell you that many Prophets and Kings haue desired to see those things, which ye see, and haue not seene them: and to heare those things which ye heare, and haue not heard them.
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatsoeuer ye Lawe saieth, it saieth it to them which are vnder ye Law, that euery mouth may bee stopped, and all the world be subiect to the iudgement of God.
  • Rom 6:14-15 : 14 For sinne shall not haue dominion ouer you: for ye are not vnder ye Lawe, but vnder grace. 15 What then? shall we sinne, because we are not vnder the Law, but vnder grace? God forbid.
  • Rom 11:32 : 32 For God hath shut vp all in vnbeliefe, that he might haue mercie on all.
  • 1 Cor 9:20-21 : 20 And vnto the Iewes, I become as a Iewe, that I may winne the Iewes: to them that are vnder the Lawe, as though I were vnder the Lawe, that I may winne them that are vnder the Lawe: 21 To them that are without Lawe, as though I were without Lawe, (when I am not without Lawe as pertaining to God, but am in the Lawe through Christ) that I may winne them that are without Lawe:
  • Gal 3:19 : 19 Wherefore then serueth the Law? It was added because of the transgressions, til the seed came, vnto the which the promise was made: and it was ordeined by Angels in the hande of a Mediatour.
  • Gal 3:24-25 : 24 Wherefore the Lawe was our scholemaster to bring vs to Christ, that we might be made righteous by faith. 25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer vnder a scholemaster.
  • Gal 4:1-5 : 1 Then I say, that the heire as long as hee is a childe, differeth nothing fro a seruant, though he be Lord of all, 2 But is vnder tutours and gouernours, vntil the time appointed of the Father. 3 Euen so, we when wee were children, were in bondage vnder the rudiments of the world. 4 But when the fulnesse of time was come, God sent forth his Sonne made of a woman, and made vnder the Lawe, 5 That hee might redeeme them which were vnder the Law, that we might receiue the adoption of the sonnes.
  • Gal 4:21 : 21 Tell me, ye that will be vnder the Law, doe ye not heare the Lawe?
  • Gal 5:18 : 18 And if ye be led by the Spirit, ye are not vnder the Lawe.
  • Heb 11:13 : 13 All these died in faith, and receiued not the promises, but sawe them a farre off, and beleeued them, and receiued them thankefully, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
  • Heb 11:39-40 : 39 And these all through faith obteined good report, and receiued not the promes, 40 God prouiding a better thing for vs, that they without vs should not be made perfite.
  • Heb 12:2 : 2 Looking vnto Iesus the authour and finisher of our faith, who for the ioy that was set before him, endured the crosse, and despised the shame, and is set at the right hand of the throne of God.
  • 1 Pet 1:11-12 : 11 Searching when or what time the Spirite which testified before of Christ which was in them, shoulde declare the sufferings that should come vnto Christ, and the glorie that shoulde followe. 12 Vnto whome it was reueiled, that not vnto themselues, but vnto vs they shoulde minister the things, which are nowe shewed vnto you by them which haue preached vnto you the Gospell by the holy Ghost sent downe from heauen, the which things the Angels desire to beholde.

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  • Gal 3:24-26
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    24Wherefore the Lawe was our scholemaster to bring vs to Christ, that we might be made righteous by faith.

    25But after that faith is come, we are no longer vnder a scholemaster.

    26For ye are al the sonnes of God by faith, in Christ Iesus.

  • Gal 3:21-22
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    21Is the Lawe then against the promises of God? God forbid: For if there had bene a Lawe giuen which coulde haue giuen life, surely righteousnes should haue bene by the Lawe.

    22But the Scripture hath concluded all vnder sinne, that the promes by the faith of Iesus Christ should be giuen to them that beleeue.

  • Gal 4:2-3
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    2But is vnder tutours and gouernours, vntil the time appointed of the Father.

    3Euen so, we when wee were children, were in bondage vnder the rudiments of the world.

  • Gal 2:16-17
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    16Knowe that a man is not iustified by the works of the Law, but by ye faith of Iesus Christ, euen we, I say, haue beleeued in Iesus Christ, that we might be iustified by the faith of Christ, & not by the workes of the Lawe, because that by the workes of the Lawe, no flesh shalbe iustified.

    17If then while we seeke to be made righteous by Christ, we our selues are found sinners, is Christ therefore the minister of sinne? God forbid.

  • Rom 3:27-28
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    27Where is then the reioycing? It is excluded. By what Lawe? of woorkes? Nay: but by the Lawe of faith.

    28Therefore we conclude, that a man is iustified by faith, without the workes of the Lawe.

  • Gal 3:8-14
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    8For the Scripture foreseeing, that God would iustifie the Gentiles through faith, preached before the Gospel vnto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all the Gentiles be blessed.

    9So then they which be of faith, are blessed with faithfull Abraham.

    10For as many as are of the workes of the Lawe, are vnder the curse: for it is written, Cursed is euery man that continueth not in all things, which are written in the booke of the Law, to doe them.

    11And that no man is iustified by the Law in the sight of God, it is euident: for the iust shall liue by faith.

    12And the Lawe is not of faith: but the man that shall doe those things, shall liue in them.

    13Christ hath redeemed vs from the curse of the Lawe, made a curse for vs, ( for it is written, Cursed is euery one that hangeth on tree)

    14That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Iesus, that wee might receiue the promes of the Spirite through faith.

  • Gal 3:17-19
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    17And this I say, that the couenant that was confirmed afore of God in respect of Christ, the Lawe which was foure hundreth and thirtie yeeres after, can not disanull, that it shoulde make the promise of none effect.

    18For if the inheritance be of the Lawe, it is no more by the promise, but God gaue it freely vnto Abraham by promise.

    19Wherefore then serueth the Law? It was added because of the transgressions, til the seed came, vnto the which the promise was made: and it was ordeined by Angels in the hande of a Mediatour.

  • Rom 3:30-31
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    30For it is one God, who shall iustifie circumcision of faith, and vncircumcision through faith.

    31Doe we then make the Lawe of none effect through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the Lawe.

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    6But now we are deliuered from the Lawe, he being dead in whom we were holden, that we should serue in newnesse of Spirite, and not in the oldnesse of the letter.

    7What shall we say then? Is the Lawe sinne? God forbid. Nay, I knewe not sinne, but by the Lawe: for I had not knowen lust, except the Lawe had sayd, Thou shalt not lust.

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    19Now we know that whatsoeuer ye Lawe saieth, it saieth it to them which are vnder ye Law, that euery mouth may bee stopped, and all the world be subiect to the iudgement of God.

    20Therefore by the woorkes of the Lawe shall no flesh be iustified in his sight: for by the Lawe commeth the knowledge of sinne.

    21But nowe is the righteousnesse, of God made manifest without the Lawe, hauing witnes of the Lawe and of the Prophets,

    22To wit, the righteousnesse of God by the faith of Iesus Christ, vnto all, and vpon all that beleeue.

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    2This only would I learne of you, Receiued ye the Spirit by the workes of the Lawe, or by the hearing of faith preached?

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    5For we through the Spirit waite for the hope of righteousnes through faith.

  • Rom 4:13-16
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    13For the promise that he should be the heire of the worlde, was not giuen to Abraham, or to his seede, through the Lawe, but through the righteousnesse of faith.

    14For if they which are of the Lawe, be heires, faith is made voide, & the promise is made of none effect.

    15For the Lawe causeth wrath: for where no Lawe is, there is no transgression.

    16Therefore it is by faith, that it might come by grace, and the promise might be sure to all the seede, not to that onely which is of the Lawe: but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of vs all,

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    5That hee might redeeme them which were vnder the Law, that we might receiue the adoption of the sonnes.

  • Phil 3:9
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    9And might bee founde in him, that is, not hauing mine owne righteousnesse, which is of the Lawe, but that which is through the faith of Christ, euen the righteousnesse which is of God through faith,

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    9What then? Are we more excellent? No, in no wise: for we haue alreadie prooued, that all, both Iewes and Gentiles are vnder sinne,

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    24And are iustified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Iesus,

  • Acts 13:39
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    39And from al things, from which ye could not be iustified by the Law of Moses, by him euery one that beleeueth, is iustified.

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    30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles which folowed not righteousnes, haue attained vnto righteousnes, euen the righteousnes which is of faith.

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    17For by it the righteousnesse of God is reueiled from faith to faith: as it is written, The iust shall liue by faith.

  • Gal 3:6
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    6Yea rather as Abraham beleeued God, and it was imputed to him for righteousnes.

  • Rom 16:26
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    26(But nowe is opened, and published among all nations by the Scriptures of the Prophetes, at the commandement of the euerlasting God for the obedience of faith)

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    7That we, being iustified by his grace, should be made heires according to the hope of eternall life.

  • Rom 5:1-2
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    1Then being iustified by faith, we haue peace toward God through our Lord Iesus Christ.

    2By who also through faith, we haue had this accesse into this grace, wherein we stand, and reioyce vnder ye hope of the glory of God.

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    12That we, which first trusted in Christ, should be vnto the praise of his glorie:

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    19For I through the Lawe am dead to the Lawe, that I might liue vnto God.

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    4For Christ is the end of the Law for righteousnes vnto euery one that beleeueth.