Galatians 3:21

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

the law, then, `is' against the promises of God? -- let it not be! for if a law was given that was able to make alive, truly by law there would have been the righteousness,

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  • Gal 2:21 : 21 I do not make void the grace of God, for if righteousness `be' through law -- then Christ died in vain.
  • Rom 3:20-22 : 20 wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin. 21 And now apart from law hath the righteousness of God been manifested, testified to by the law and the prophets, 22 and the righteousness of God `is' through the faith of Jesus Christ to all, and upon all those believing, -- for there is no difference,
  • Rom 7:7-9 : 7 What, then, shall we say? the law `is' sin? let it not be! but the sin I did not know except through law, for also the covetousness I had not known if the law had not said: 8 `Thou shalt not covet;' and the sin having received an opportunity, through the command, did work in me all covetousness -- for apart from law sin is dead. 9 And I was alive apart from law once, and the command having come, the sin revived, and I died; 10 and the command that `is' for life, this was found by me for death; 11 for the sin, having received an opportunity, through the command, did deceive me, and through it did slay `me'; 12 so that the law, indeed, `is' holy, and the command holy, and righteous, and good. 13 That which is good then, to me hath it become death? let it not be! but the sin, that it might appear sin, through the good, working death to me, that the sin might become exceeding sinful through the command,
  • Rom 9:31 : 31 and Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, at a law of righteousness did not arrive;
  • Rom 10:3-6 : 3 for not knowing the righteousness of God, and their own righteousness seeking to establish, to the righteousness of God they did not submit. 4 For Christ is an end of law for righteousness to every one who is believing, 5 for Moses doth describe the righteousness that `is' of the law, that, `The man who did them shall live in them,' 6 and the righteousness of faith doth thus speak: `Thou mayest not say in thine heart, Who shall go up to the heaven,' that is, Christ to bring down?
  • Gal 2:17 : 17 And if, seeking to be declared righteous in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, `is' then Christ a ministrant of sin? let it not be!
  • Gal 2:19 : 19 for I through law, did die, that to God I may live;
  • Rom 3:31 : 31 Law then do we make useless through the faith? let it not be! yea, we do establish law.
  • Matt 5:17-20 : 17 `Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the prophets -- I did not come to throw down, but to fulfill; 18 for, verily I say to you, till that the heaven and the earth may pass away, one iota or one tittle may not pass away from the law, till that all may come to pass. 19 `Whoever therefore may loose one of these commands -- the least -- and may teach men so, least he shall be called in the reign of the heavens, but whoever may do and may teach `them', he shall be called great in the reign of the heavens. 20 `For I say to you, that if your righteousness may not abound above that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye may not enter to the reign of the heavens.
  • Rom 3:4 : 4 let it not be! and let God become true, and every man false, according as it hath been written, `That Thou mayest be declared righteous in Thy words, and mayest overcome in Thy being judged.'
  • Rom 3:6 : 6 let it not be! since how shall God judge the world?
  • Phil 3:6-9 : 6 according to zeal persecuting the assembly! according to righteousness that is in law becoming blameless! 7 But what things were to me gains, these I have counted, because of the Christ, loss; 8 yes, indeed, and I count all things to be loss, because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom of the all things I suffered loss, and do count them to be refuse, that Christ I may gain, and be found in him, 9 not having my righteousness, which `is' of law, but that which `is' through faith of Christ -- the righteousness that is of God by the faith,
  • Heb 11:7 : 7 By faith Noah, having been divinely warned concerning the things not yet seen, having feared, did prepare an ark to the salvation of his house, through which he did condemn the world, and of the righteousness according to faith he became heir.

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    17 and this I say, A covenant confirmed before by God to Christ, the law, that came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not set aside, to make void the promise,

    18 for if by law `be' the inheritance, `it is' no more by promise, but to Abraham through promise did God grant `it'.

    19 Why, then, the law? on account of the transgressions it was added, till the seed might come to which the promise hath been made, having been set in order through messengers in the hand of a mediator --

    20 and the mediator is not of one, and God is one --

  • Gal 3:10-12
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    10 for as many as are of works of law are under a curse, for it hath been written, `Cursed `is' every one who is not remaining in all things that have been written in the Book of the Law -- to do them,'

    11 and that in law no one is declared righteous with God, is evident, because `The righteous by faith shall live;'

    12 and the law is not by faith, but -- `The man who did them shall live in them.'

  • Rom 3:20-22
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    20 wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin.

    21 And now apart from law hath the righteousness of God been manifested, testified to by the law and the prophets,

    22 and the righteousness of God `is' through the faith of Jesus Christ to all, and upon all those believing, -- for there is no difference,

  • Gal 3:22-24
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    22 but the Writing did shut up the whole under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ may be given to those believing.

    23 And before the coming of the faith, under law we were being kept, shut up to the faith about to be revealed,

    24 so that the law became our child-conductor -- to Christ, that by faith we may be declared righteous,

  • 21 I do not make void the grace of God, for if righteousness `be' through law -- then Christ died in vain.

  • Rom 3:30-31
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    30 yes, also of nations; since one `is' God who shall declare righteous the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through the faith.

    31 Law then do we make useless through the faith? let it not be! yea, we do establish law.

  • Rom 3:27-28
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    27 Where then `is' the boasting? it was excluded; by what law? of works? no, but by a law of faith:

    28 therefore do we reckon a man to be declared righteous by faith, apart from works of law.

  • Gal 2:16-17
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    16 having known also that a man is not declared righteous by works of law, if not through the faith of Jesus Christ, also we in Christ Jesus did believe, that we might be declared righteous by the faith of Christ, and not by works of law, wherefore declared righteous by works of law shall be no flesh.'

    17 And if, seeking to be declared righteous in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, `is' then Christ a ministrant of sin? let it not be!

  • Rom 4:13-16
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    13 For not through law `is' the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, of his being heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith;

    14 for if they who are of law `are' heirs, the faith hath been made void, and the promise hath been made useless;

    15 for the law doth work wrath; for where law is not, neither `is' transgression.

    16 Because of this `it is' of faith, that `it may be' according to grace, for the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that which `is' of the law only, but also to that which `is' of the faith of Abraham,

  • 7 What, then, shall we say? the law `is' sin? let it not be! but the sin I did not know except through law, for also the covetousness I had not known if the law had not said:

  • Rom 10:4-5
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    4 For Christ is an end of law for righteousness to every one who is believing,

    5 for Moses doth describe the righteousness that `is' of the law, that, `The man who did them shall live in them,'

  • 19 for I through law, did die, that to God I may live;

  • 39 and from all things from which ye were not able in the law of Moses to be declared righteous, in this one every one who is believing is declared righteous;

  • 15 What then? shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? let it not be!

  • Gal 3:14-15
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    14 that to the nations the blessing of Abraham may come in Christ Jesus, that the promise of the Spirit we may receive through the faith.

    15 Brethren, as a man I say `it', even of man a confirmed covenant no one doth make void or doth add to,

  • 13 That which is good then, to me hath it become death? let it not be! but the sin, that it might appear sin, through the good, working death to me, that the sin might become exceeding sinful through the command,

  • 21 Tell me, ye who are willing to be under law, the law do ye not hear?

  • Gal 3:5-6
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    5 He, therefore, who is supplying to you the Spirit, and working mighty acts among you -- by works of law or by the hearing of faith `is it'?

    6 according as Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness;

  • Rom 8:2-3
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    2 for the law of the Spirit of the life in Christ Jesus did set me free from the law of the sin and of the death;

    3 for what the law was not able to do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, His own Son having sent in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, did condemn the sin in the flesh,

  • 2 for if Abraham by works was declared righteous, he hath to boast -- but not before god;

  • 6 let it not be! since how shall God judge the world?

  • 9 not having my righteousness, which `is' of law, but that which `is' through faith of Christ -- the righteousness that is of God by the faith,

  • 2 this only do I wish to learn from you -- by works of law the Spirit did ye receive, or by the hearing of faith?

  • 13 for till law sin was in the world: and sin is not reckoned when there is not law;

  • 4 ye were freed from the Christ, ye who in law are declared righteous; from the grace ye fell away;

  • 13 for not the hearers of the law `are' righteous before God, but the doers of the law shall be declared righteous: --

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    30 What, then, shall we say? that nations who are not pursuing righteousness did attain to righteousness, and righteousness that `is' of faith,

    31 and Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, at a law of righteousness did not arrive;

  • 17 For the righteousness of God in it is revealed from faith to faith, according as it hath been written, `And the righteous one by faith shall live,'

  • Rom 7:9-10
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    9 And I was alive apart from law once, and the command having come, the sin revived, and I died;

    10 and the command that `is' for life, this was found by me for death;