Galatians 3:22 BSB — MannaFest

Galatians 3:22

But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But the scripture shut up all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Tertullian

Against Marcion Book V (220)

Whose grace, if not of that God from whom also came the law? Unless it be, forsooth, that the Creator intercalated His law for the mere purpose of producing some employment for the grace of a rival god, an enemy to Himself (I had almost said, a god unknown to Him), "that as sin had" in His own dispensation "reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto (eternal) life by Jesus Christ," His own antagonist!

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Galatians (420)

(v21 onwards) So is the law against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, truly righteousness would have been by the law. But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed. Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

But, on the contrary, the scripture wherein that law is written hath concluded all under sin - Hath shut them up together, (so the word properly signifies,) as in a prison, under sentence of death, to the end that all being cut off from expecting justification by the law, the promise might be freely given to them that believe.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

But the scripture hath concluded - All the writings of the prophets have uniformly declared that men are all sinners, and the law declares the same by the continual sacrifices which it prescribes.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

But--as the law cannot give life or righteousness [ALFORD]. Or the "But" means, So far is righteousness from being of the law, that the knowledge of sin is rather what comes of the law [BENGEL]. the scripture--which began to be written after the time of the promise, at the time when the law was given.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀλλὰ	alla	but	G235 →
συνέκλεισεν	sunekleisen	imprisoned	G4788 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
γραφὴ	graphē	Scripture	G1124 →
τὰ	ta	<the> [things]	G3588 →
πάντα	panta	all	G3956 →
ὑπὸ	hupo	under	G5259 →
ἁμαρτίαν,	hamartian	sin,	G266 →
ἵνα	ina	so that	G2443 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
ἐπαγγελία	epangelia	promise	G1860 →
ἐκ	ek	by	G1537 →
πίστεως	pisteōs	faith	G4102 →
Ἰησοῦ	Iēsou	from Jesus	G2424 →
Χριστοῦ	Christou	Christ	G5547 →
δοθῇ	dothēa	may be given	G1325 →
τοῖς	tois	to those	G3588 →
πιστεύουσιν.¶	pisteuousin	believing.	G4100 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hebrews 9:15
Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under…
leads to
- Romans 3:24–26
  and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
- Romans 8:30
  And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
- Hebrews 9:12
  He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
- Romans 8:28
  And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
- Hebrews 10:36
  You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.
Through
1 John 2:25
And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.
leads to
- John 10:28
  I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
- Titus 3:7
  so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.
- Jude 1:21
  keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Galatians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Galatians