Galatians 3:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

Then

Romans 3:1

Romans 7:7

It was added

Till

Galatians 3:16

Galatians 4:1

By

Deuteronomy 33:2

Acts 7:53

Hebrews 2:2

General references

Deuteronomy 5:3

Bible References

Then

Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?

What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, “You shall not

covet.”

It was added

Is the Law then contrary to the promises of God? May it never be! For if a law had been given which was able to impart life, then righteousness would indeed have been based on law.

Or what great nation is there that has statutes and judgments as righteous as this whole law which I am setting before you today?

He declares His words to Jacob,
His statutes and His ordinances to Israel.

But he said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”

Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have set your hope.

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.

for it is not the hearers of the Law who are just before God, but the doers of the Law will be justified.

Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God;

for the Law brings about wrath, but where there is no law, there also is no violation.

The Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

covet.”

But we know that the Law is good, if one uses it lawfully,

Till

Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as referring to many, but rather to one, “And to your seed,” that is, Christ.

Now I say, as long as the heir is a child, he does not differ at all from a slave although he is owner of everything,

By

He said,
“The Lord came from Sinai,

And dawned on them from Seir;

He shone forth from Mount Paran,

And He came from the midst of ten thousand holy ones;

At His right hand there was flashing lightning for them.

you who received the law as ordained by angels, and yet did not keep it.”

For if the word spoken through angels proved unalterable, and every transgression and disobedience received a just

penalty,

General references

The Lord did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, with all those of us alive here today.