Galatians 3:24

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

Wherfore the lawe was oure scolemaster vnto the tyme of Christ yt we might be made rightewes by fayth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὥστε ὁ νόμος παιδαγωγὸς ἡμῶν γέγονεν εἰς Χριστόν, ἵνα ἐκ πίστεως δικαιωθῶμεν.

Transliteration

So that the nomos paidagōgos of us has gegonen unto Christon, in order that out of pisteōs we might be dikaiōthōmen.

Grammar Details

• *nomos*: nominative, masculine, singular - law
• *paidagōgos*: nominative, masculine, singular - guardian/tutor
• *gegonen*: perfect, active, indicative, 3rd person, singular - has become/has been
• *Christon*: accusative, masculine, singular - Christ
• *pisteōs*: genitive, feminine, singular - faith/belief/trust
• *dikaiōthōmen*: aorist, passive, subjunctive, 1st person, plural - we might be justified/declared righteous

Word Meanings

• *nomos*: law/legal system/Torah
• *paidagōgos*: guardian/tutor/custodian/child-leader
• *gegonen*: has become/has been/has turned out to be
• *pisteōs*: faith/belief/trust/faithfulness
• *dikaiōthōmen*: we might be justified/declared righteous/acquitted

Referenced Verses

• Gal 2:16 : 16 knowe that a man is not iustified by ye dedes of the lowe: but by the fayth of Iesus Christ. And therfore we have beleved on Iesus Christ yt we myght be iustified by ye fayth of Christ and uot by the dedes of the lawe: because that by ye dedes of ye lawe no flesshe shalbe iustified.
• Rom 10:4 : 4 For Christ is the ende of the lawe to iustifie all that beleve.
• Col 2:17 : 17 which are nothinge but shaddowes of thynges to come: but the body is in Christ.
• Heb 7:18-19 : 18 Then the commaundmet that went a fore is disanulled because of hir weaknes and vnproffitablenes. 19 For the lawe made nothynge parfecte: but was an introduccion of a better hope by which hope we drawe nye vnto god.
• Heb 9:8-9 : 8 Wherwith ye holy goost this signifyeng yt the waye of holy thynges was not yet opened whill as yet ye fyrst tabernacle was stondynge. 9 Which was a similitude for the tyme then present and in which were offered gyftes and sacrifises that coulde not make them that minister parfecte as pertaynynge to the conscienc 10 with only meates and drinkes and divers wesshynges and iustifyinges of the flesshe which were ordeyned vntyll the tyme of reformacion. 11 But Christ beynge an hye prest of good thynges to come came by a greater and a moare parfecte tabernacle not made with hondes: that is to saye not of this maner bildyng 12 nether by the bloud of gotes and calves: but by his awne bloud we entred once for all into the holy place and founde eternall redemcion. 13 For yf the bloud of oxen and of Gotes and the asshes of an heyfer whe it was sprynckled puryfied the vnclene as touchynge the purifiynge of the flesshe: 14 How moche more shall the bloud of Christ (which thorow the eternall sprete offered him silfe with out spot to God) pourdge youre consciences from deed workes for to serve the livynge god? 15 And for this cause is he the mediator of ye newe testament that thorow deeth which chaunsed for the redempcion of those transgressions that were in ye fyrst testamet) they which were called myght receave the promes of eternall inheritaunce. 16 For whersoever is a testament there must also be the deeth of him that maketh the testament.
• Heb 10:1-9 : 1 For the lawe which hath but the shadowe of good thynges to come and not the thynges in their awne fassion can never with ye sacryfises which they offer yere by yere continually make the comers thervnto parfayte. 2 For wolde not then those sacrifises have ceased to have bene offered because that the offerers once pourged shuld have had no moare conscieces of sinnes. 3 Neverthelesse in those sacrifises is ther mencion made of synnes every yeare. 4 For it is vnpossible that the bloud of oxen and of gotes shuld take awaye synnes. 5 Wherfore when he commeth into the worlde he sayth: Sacrifice and offeringe thou woldest not have: but a bodie hast thou ordeyned me. 6 In sacrifices and synne offerynges thou hast no lust. 7 Then I sayde: Lo I come in the chefest of the boke it is written of me that I shuld doo thy will o god. 8 Above when he had sayed sacrifice and offerynge and burnt sacrifices and synne offerynges thou woldest not have nether hast alowed (which yet are offered by the lawe) 9 and then sayde: Lo I come to do thy will o god: he taketh awaye the fyrst to stablisshe the latter. 10 By the which will we are sanctified by the offeringe of the body of Iesu Christe once for all. 11 And every prest is redy dayly ministrynge and ofte tymes offereth one maner of offerynge which can never take awaye synnes. 12 But this man after he had offered one sacrifyce for synnes sat him doune for ever on the right honde of god 13 and from hence forth tarieth till his foes be made his fotestole. 14 For with one offerynge hath he made parfecte for ever them yt are sanctified.
• 1 Cor 4:15 : 15 For though ye have ten thousande instructours in Christ: yet have ye not many fathers. In Christ Iesu I have begotten you thorowe ye gospell.
• Gal 2:19 : 19 But I thorow ye lawe ame deed to ye lawe: that I myght live vnto God.
• Gal 3:25 : 25 But after yt fayth is come now are we no lenger vnder a scolemaster.
• Gal 4:2-3 : 2 but is vnder tuters and governers vntill the tyme appoynted of the father. 3 Even so we as longe as we were chyldren were in bondage vnder the ordinaunces of the worlde.
• Matt 5:17-18 : 17 Thinke not yt I am come to destroye the lawe or the Prophets: no I am nott come to destroye them but to fulfyll them. 18 For truely I saye vnto you till heven and erth perisshe one iott or one tytle of the lawe shall not scape tyll all be fulfilled.
• Acts 13:38-39 : 38 Be it knowne vnto you therfore ye men and brethre that thorow this man is preached vnto you the forgevenes of synnes 39 and yt by him are all yt beleve iustified fro all thinges fro the which ye coulde not be iustified by ye lawe of Moses.
• Rom 3:20-22 : 20 because that by ye dedes of the lawe shall no flesshe be iustified in the sight of God. For by the lawe commeth the knowledge of synne. 21 Now verely is ye rigtewesnes that cometh of God declared without the fulfillinge of ye lawe havinge witnes yet of ye lawe and of the Prophetes. 22 The rightewesnes no dout which is good before God cometh by ye fayth of Iesus Christ vnto all and vpon all that beleve. Ther is no differece:
• Rom 7:7-9 : 7 What shall we saye then? is ye lawe synne? God forbid: but I knewe not what synne meant but by the lawe. For I had not knowne what lust had meant excepte the lawe had sayde thou shalt not lust. 8 But synne toke an occasion by the meanes of the commaundement and wrought in me all manner of concupiscece. For with out the lawe synne was deed. 9 I once lived with out lawe. But when the commaundement came synne revyved and I was deed.
• Rom 7:24-25 : 24 O wretched man yt I am: who shall delyver me fro this body of deeth? 25 I thanke God thorow Iesus Christ oure Lorde. So then I my silfe in my mynde serve the lawe of God and in my flesshe the lawe of synne.