Galatians 3:19

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Galatians 3:19

Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise was made would come. The law was put into effect through angels by means of a mediator.

Acts 7:53

You received the law under the direction of angels and yet have not kept it.”

Galatians 3:16

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

Deuteronomy 5:5

At that time I was standing between the Lord and you to report the word of the Lord to you, because you were afraid of the fire and did not go up the mountain. And He said:

What should we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin if it were not for the law. For example, I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, Do not covet.

Hebrews 2:2

For if the message spoken through angels was legally binding and every transgression and disobedience received a just punishment,

Acts 7:38

He is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness together with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors. He received living oracles to give to us.

Romans 4:15

For the law produces wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.

Exodus 20:19-22

“You speak to us, and we will listen,” they said to Moses, “but don’t let God speak to us, or we will die.”

Exodus 24:1-12

Then He said to Moses, “Go up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and 70 of Israel’s elders, and bow in worship at a distance.

Exodus 34:27-35

The Lord also said to Moses, “Write down these words, for I have made a covenant with you and with Israel based on these words.”

Leviticus 15:32

This is the law for someone with a discharge: a man who has an emission of semen, becoming unclean by it;

Deuteronomy 4:8-9

And what great nation has righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?

Deuteronomy 5:22-33

“The Lord spoke these commands in a loud voice to your entire assembly from the fire, cloud, and thick darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. He wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me.

Deuteronomy 9:13-20

The Lord also said to me, ‘I have seen this people, and indeed, they are a stiff-necked people.

Deuteronomy 9:25-29

“I fell down in the presence of the Lord 40 days and 40 nights because the Lord had threatened to destroy you.

Deuteronomy 18:15-19

“The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers. You must listen to him.

Deuteronomy 33:2

He said:

The Lord came from Sinai
and appeared to them from Seir;
He shone on them from Mount Paran
and came with ten thousand holy ones,
with lightning from His right hand for them.

Psalm 106:23

So He said He would have destroyed them—
if Moses His chosen one
had not stood before Him in the breach
to turn His wrath away from destroying them.

Psalm 147:19-20

He declares His word to Jacob,
His statutes and judgments to Israel.

Luke 16:31

“But he told him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded if someone rises from the dead.’”

John 1:17

for the law was given through Moses,
grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

John 5:45-47

Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom you have set your hope.

John 15:22

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

Romans 2:13

For the hearers of the law are not righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be declared righteous.

Romans 3:1-2

So what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?

Romans 3:19-20

Now we know that whatever the law says speaks to those who are subject to the law, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become subject to God’s judgment.

Romans 5:20-21

The law came along to multiply the trespass. But where sin multiplied, grace multiplied even more

Galatians 3:21-25

Is the law therefore contrary to God’s promises? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly be by the law.

Galatians 4:1-4

Now I say that as long as the heir is a child, he differs in no way from a slave, though he is the owner of everything.

1 Timothy 1:8-9

But we know that the law is good, provided one uses it legitimately.

Hebrews 2:5

For He has not subjected to angels the world to come that we are talking about.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Galatians 3:19

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

So what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?

It was added

Is the law therefore contrary to God’s promises? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly be by the law.

And what great nation has righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?

He declares His word to Jacob,
His statutes and judgments to Israel.

“But he told him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded if someone rises from the dead.’”

Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom you have set your hope.

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin.

Now they have no excuse for their sin.

For the hearers of the law are not righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be declared righteous.

Now we know that whatever the law says speaks to those who are subject to the law,

so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become subject to God’s judgment.

For the law produces wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.

The law came along to multiply the trespass. But where sin multiplied, grace multiplied even more

But we know that the law is good, provided one uses it legitimately.

Till

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

who is Christ.

Now I say that as long as the heir is a child, he differs in no way from a slave, though he is the owner of everything.

By

He said:

The Lord came from Sinai
and appeared to them from Seir;
He shone on them from Mount Paran
and came with ten thousand holy ones,
with lightning from His right hand for them.

You received the law under the direction of angels and yet have not kept it.”

For if the message spoken through angels was legally binding

and every transgression and disobedience received a just punishment,

General references

He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.