Galatians 3:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

But before faith came, we were kept under the law, confined unto the faith which would afterwards be revealed.

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  • Luke 10:23-24 : 23 And he turned to his disciples and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that you see: 24 For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which you see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which you hear, and have not heard them.
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
  • Rom 6:14-15 : 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you, for 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 committed them all to disobedience, that He might have mercy on all.
  • 1 Cor 9:20-21 : 20 And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win the Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might win those who are under the law; 21 To those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law.
  • Gal 3:19 : 19 Why then serves the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the seed should come to whom the promise was made, and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
  • Gal 3:24-25 : 24 Therefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25 But after that faith has come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
  • Gal 4:1-5 : 1 Now I say, that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a servant, though he is lord of all; 2 But is under guardians and managers until the time appointed by the father. 3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the basic principles of the world: 4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 To redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.
  • Gal 4:21 : 21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law?
  • Gal 5:18 : 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
  • Heb 11:13 : 13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, were assured of them, embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
  • Heb 11:39-40 : 39 And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise, 40 God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us.
  • Heb 12:2 : 2 Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
  • 1 Pet 1:11-12 : 11 Searching for what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating, when He testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow. 12 To them it was revealed that not to themselves, but to us they were ministering the things which have now been reported to you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things which angels desire to look into.

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    24Therefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

    25But after that faith has come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

    26For you are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

  • Gal 3:21-22
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    21Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, then truly righteousness would have been by the law.

    22But the Scripture has concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

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    2But is under guardians and managers until the time appointed by the father.

    3Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the basic principles of the world:

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    16Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by the faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.

    17But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is Christ therefore a minister of sin? God forbid.

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    27Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith.

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    8And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the gentiles through faith, preached beforehand the gospel unto Abraham, saying, 'In you shall all nations be blessed.'

    9So then those who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

    10For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.'

    11But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for 'The just shall live by faith.'

    12And the law is not of faith, but 'The man who does them shall live in them.'

    13Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree.'

    14That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

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    17And this I say, that the covenant, which was confirmed before by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul, that it should make the promise of no effect.

    18For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise, but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

    19Why then serves the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the seed should come to whom the promise was made, and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

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    30since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

    31Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not: on the contrary, we establish the law.

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    6But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

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    19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

    20Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

    21But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the law and the prophets,

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    2This only I would learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?

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    5For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

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    13For the promise that he should be the heir of the world was not to Abraham, or to his descendants, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

    14For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise nullified.

    15Because the law produces wrath; for where there is no law, there is no transgression.

    16Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end that the promise might be sure to all the descendants; not to those only who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

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    39And by him all who believe are justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

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    30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith.

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    26But now is revealed, and by the prophetic scriptures, according to the commandment of the eternal God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:

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    19For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God.

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    4For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.