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

What advantage then hath the Jew? or what is the profit of circumcision?

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Howbeit, I had not known sin, except through the law: for I had not known coveting, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet:

It was added

Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could make alive, verily righteousness would have been of the law.

And what great nation is there, that hath statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

He showeth his word unto Jacob, His statutes and his ordinances unto Israel.

And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, if one rise from the dead.

Think not that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, on whom ye have set your hope.

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

for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified:

Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God:

for the law worketh wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there transgression.

And the law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly:

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Howbeit, I had not known sin, except through the law: for I had not known coveting, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet:

But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully,

Till

Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he differeth nothing from a bondservant though he is lord of all;

By

And he said, Jehovah came from Sinai, And rose from Seir unto them; He shined forth from mount Paran, And he came from the ten thousands of holy ones: At his right hand was a fiery law for them.

ye who received the law as it was ordained by angels, and kept it not.

For if the word spoken through angels proved stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward;

General references

Jehovah made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.