Parallel Verses

Williams New Testament

So the law has been our attendant to lead us to Christ, so that we might through faith obtain right standing with God.

New American Standard Bible

Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

The law, then, was our guardian until Christ, so that we could be justified by faith.

International Standard Version

And so the Law was our guardian until the Messiah came, so that we might be justified by faith.

A Conservative Version

So that the law became our schoolmaster for Christ, so that we might be made righteous from faith.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

with the result that the Law has become our tutor and our disciplinarian to guide us to Christ, so that we may be justified [that is, declared free of the guilt of sin and its penalty, and placed in right standing with God] by faith.

An Understandable Version

So, the law of Moses became like our "transportation to school," bringing us to [the school of] Christ where we [learn how to be] made right with God by faith [in Christ].

Anderson New Testament

So, then, the law was our pedagogue that led us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Bible in Basic English

So the law has been a servant to take us to Christ, so that we might have righteousness by faith.

Common New Testament

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

Daniel Mace New Testament

so that the law was our school-master to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Darby Translation

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

Godbey New Testament

Therefore the law became our schoolmaster to lead us to Christ, in order that we may be justified by faith;

Goodspeed New Testament

So the Law has been our attendant on our way to Christ, so that we might be made upright through faith.

John Wesley New Testament

Wherefore the law was our school-master unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Julia Smith Translation

So that the law was our preceptor towards Christ, that we might be justified from faith.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

So then, the law became our guardian until Christ, in order that we could be justified by faith.

Modern King James verseion

So that the Law has become a trainer of us until Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster unto the time of Christ, that we might be made righteous by faith.

Moffatt New Testament

the Law thus held us as wards in discipline, till such time as Christ came, that we might be justified by faith.

Montgomery New Testament

So the Law has been our tutor-slave our pedagogue to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith;

NET Bible

Thus the law had become our guardian until Christ, so that we could be declared righteous by faith.

New Heart English Bible

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

Noyes New Testament

So then the Law hath been our schoolmaster, to lead us to Christ, that we might be accepted as righteous through faith;

Sawyer New Testament

So that the law was our schoolmaster to lead to Christ, that we might be justified by faith;

The Emphasized Bible

So that, the law, hath proved, our tutor, training us, for Christ, in order that, by faith, we might be declared righteous;

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Wherefore the law was our conductor, as of children, to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Twentieth Century New Testament

Thus the Law has proved a guide to lead us to Christ, in order that we may be pronounced righteous as the result of faith.

Webster

Wherefore the law was our school-master to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Weymouth New Testament

So that the Law has acted the part of a tutor-slave to lead us to Christ, in order that through faith we may be declared to be free from guilt.

World English Bible

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

Worrell New Testament

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

Worsley New Testament

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ὥστε 
hoste 
Usage: 72

the law
νόμος 
Nomos 
law
Usage: 179

was
γίνομαι 
Ginomai 
be, come to pass, be made, be done, come, become, God forbid , arise, have, be fulfilled, be married to, be preferred, not tr, , vr done
Usage: 531

our
ἡμῶν 
hemon 
our, us, we, not tr,
Usage: 388

παιδαγωγός 
Paidagogos 
Usage: 3

to bring us unto
εἰς 
Eis 
into, to, unto, for, in, on, toward, against,
Usage: 1267

Χριστός 
christos 
Usage: 557

ἵνα 
Hina 
that, to,
Usage: 472

δικαιόω 
Dikaioo 
Usage: 35

by
ἐκ ἐξ 
Ek 
of, from, out of, by, on, with,
Usage: 709

Devotionals

Devotionals about Galatians 3:24

Images Galatians 3:24

Prayers for Galatians 3:24

Questions on Galatians 3:24

Context Readings

The Addition Of The Law

23 But before this faith came, we were kept locked up under the law, in preparation for the faith which was to be unveiled. 24 So the law has been our attendant to lead us to Christ, so that we might through faith obtain right standing with God. 25 But now that this faith has come, we are no longer in the charge of the attendant.



Cross References

Galatians 2:16

because we know that a man does not come into right standing with God by doing what the law commands, but by simple trust in Christ, we too have trusted in Christ Jesus, in order to come into right standing with God by simple trust in Christ and not by doing what the law commands, because by doing what the law commands no man can come into right standing with God.

Romans 10:4

For Christ has put an end to law as a way to right standing for everyone who puts his trust in Him.

Colossians 2:17

These were but the shadow of what was coming; the reality belongs to Christ.

Matthew 5:17-18

"Do not suppose that I have come to set aside the law or the prophets.

Acts 13:38-39

So, my brothers, you must understand that through Him the forgiveness of your sins is now proclaimed to you,

Romans 3:20-22

Because no human creature can be brought into right standing with God by observing the law. For all the law can do is to make men conscious of sin.

Romans 7:7-9

What are we then to conclude? Is the law sin? Of course not! Yet, if it had not been for the law, I should not have learned what sin was, for I should not have known what an evil desire was, if the law had not said, "You must not have an evil desire."

Romans 7:24-25

Wretched man that I am! Who can save me from this deadly lower nature?

1 Corinthians 4:15

For though you have ten thousand teachers in the Christian life, you certainly could not have many fathers. For it was I myself who became your father through your union with Christ Jesus, which resulted from my telling you the good news.

Galatians 2:19

For through the law I myself have become dead to the law, so that I may live for God.

Galatians 3:25

But now that this faith has come, we are no longer in the charge of the attendant.

Galatians 4:2-3

but he is under guardians and trustees until the time fixed by the father.

Hebrews 7:18-19

Indeed, the rescinding of a previous regulation takes place, because it was weak and ineffective --

Hebrews 9:8-16

By this the Holy Spirit was showing that there was as yet no access to the real sanctuary while the outer tent was still in existence,

Hebrews 10:1-14

For since the law cast only a shadow of the blessings to come and did not possess the reality itself of those blessings, the priests with the same sacrifices that are perpetually offered year after year cannot make perfect those who come to worship.

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