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Galatians 3:24

So the law became our guardian to lead us to 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.

KJV

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

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ὥστεhōsteso thatG5620 →
ὁhotheG3588 →
νόμοςnomosLawG3551 →
παιδαγωγὸςpaidagōgostrainerG3807 →
ἡμῶνhēmōnof usG3165 →
γέγονενgegonenhas becomeG1096 →
εἰςeisuntoG1519 →
Χριστόν,ChristonChrist,G5547 →
ἵναinaso thatG2443 →
ἐκekbyG1537 →
πίστεωςpisteōsfaithG4102 →
δικαιωθῶμεν·dikaiōthōmenwe may be justified;G1344 →

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Romans 10:4For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.Acts 13:38–39Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.John 5:46If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.Romans 3:28For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.Hebrews 10:1–14For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.Romans 7:24–25What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?Matthew 5:17–18Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.Galatians 2:16know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.1 Corinthians 6:11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.John 8:17Even in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid.Matthew 19:20“All these I have kept,” said the young man. “What do I still lack?”Colossians 2:17These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.Galatians 2:19For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God.Hebrews 7:18–19So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and uselessGalatians 3:25Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.Galatians 4:2–3He is subject to guardians and trustees until the date set by his father.Romans 7:7–9What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”Romans 9:30What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;

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The Crucifixion — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)
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