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 profit is there of circumcision?

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, 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 have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.

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

He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

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

Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.

If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke 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 saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.

Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, 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 and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;

By

And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.

Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;

General references

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