Galatians 3:24 KJV — MannaFest

Galatians 3:24

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

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ASV

So that the law is become our tutor to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

WEB

So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

YLT

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

DBT

So that the law has been our tutor up to Christ, that we might be justified on the principle of faith.

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Galatians — Paul's gospel defended against a different gospel. Biography, then argument, then ethics — the Magna Carta of Christian liberty.

Author: Paul (1:1), no co-sender
Date: c. AD 48–49 (south-Galatia view) or c. AD 53–55 (north-Galatia view)

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23 verses on the floor

Romans 10:4
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
Acts 13:38–39
Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
John 5:46
For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.
Romans 3:28
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
Hebrews 10:1–14
For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

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And as it obliged them to a variety of sacrifices, &c., which, though they could not of themselves take away sin, were typical of Christ, and of the great sacrifice which he was to offer up for the expiation of it, so it directed them (though in a more dark and obscure manner) to him as their only relief and refuge.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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