Why the Law then? It was added because of transgressions, having been ordained through angels by the agency of a mediator, until the seed would come to whom the promise had been made.

Now I say, as long as the heir is a child, he does not differ at all from a slave although he is owner of everything,

fixing our eyes on Jesus, the

author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Under

But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,

But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.

Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God;

For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace.

To the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might win Jews; to those who are under the Law, as under the Law though not being myself under the Law, so that I might win those who are under the Law;

The faith

Turning to the disciples, He said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see,

All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

seeking to know what person or time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating as He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.