Galatians 3:24

In 9 translations

BSB

So the law became our guardian to lead us to 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.

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

so that the Law became our tutor—to Christ, that we may be declared righteous by faith,

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

Wherefore the law was our pedagogue in Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

GNV

Wherefore the Lawe was our scholemaster to bring vs to Christ, that we might be made righteous by faith.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

ὥστε ὁ νόμος παιδαγωγὸς ἡμῶν γέγονεν εἰς Χριστόν, ἵνα ἐκ πίστεως δικαιωθῶμεν·

RP2018

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

TR-Boyd

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

SCR1894

ωστε ο νομος παιδαγωγος ημων γεγονεν εις χριστον ινα εκ πιστεως δικαιωθωμεν

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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. Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of…
• 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. If it could, would not…
• Romans 7:24–25What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
• 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. For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen,…
• 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…
• Colossians 2:17These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.
• Galatians 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. So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.
• Hebrews 7:18–19So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.
• Galatians 2:19For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God.
• 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.” But sin,…
• Romans 3:20–22Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin. But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the…
• 1 Corinthians 4:15Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
• Hebrews 9:8–16By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing. It is an illustration for the present time, because…

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