Galatians 3:24

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Summary

Galatians 3:24

Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

The law

Justified

Galatians 2:16

Acts 13:39

General references

Romans 3:28

Bible References

The law

But since that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian,

For through the law I have died to the law, so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with Christ

Instead, he is under guardians and stewards until the time set by his father.

“Don’t assume that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.

Therefore, let it be known to you, brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is being proclaimed to you,

For no one will be justified in His sight by the works of the law, because the knowledge of sin comes through the law.

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.

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

These are a shadow of what was to come; the substance is the Messiah.

So the previous command is annulled because it was weak and unprofitable

The Holy Spirit was making it clear that the way into the most holy place had not yet been disclosed while the first tabernacle was still standing.

Since the law has only a shadow of the good things to come, and not the actual form of those realities, it can never perfect the worshipers by the same sacrifices they continually offer year after year.

Justified

know that no one is justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ. And we have believed in Christ Jesus so that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no human being will be justified.

and everyone who believes in Him is justified from everything that you could not be justified from through the law of Moses.

General references

For we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.