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

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

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.

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.