Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
So that the law became our schoolmaster for Christ, so that we might be made righteous from faith.
New American Standard Bible
Therefore the Law has become our
King James Version
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Holman Bible
The law, then, was our guardian
International Standard Version
And so the Law was our guardian until the Messiah came, so that we might be justified by faith.
American Standard Version
So that the law is become our tutor to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Amplified
with the result that the Law has become our tutor and our disciplinarian to guide us to Christ, so that we may be
An Understandable Version
So, the law of Moses became like our "transportation to school," bringing us to [the school of] Christ where we [learn how to be] made right with God by faith [in Christ].
Anderson New Testament
So, then, the law was our pedagogue that led us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Bible in Basic English
So the law has been a servant to take us to Christ, so that we might have righteousness by faith.
Common New Testament
So the law was our tutor to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Daniel Mace New Testament
so that the law was our school-master to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Darby Translation
So that the law has been our tutor up to Christ, that we might be justified on the principle of faith.
Godbey New Testament
Therefore the law became our schoolmaster to lead us to Christ, in order that we may be justified by faith;
Goodspeed New Testament
So the Law has been our attendant on our way to Christ, so that we might be made upright through faith.
John Wesley New Testament
Wherefore the law was our school-master unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Julia Smith Translation
So that the law was our preceptor towards Christ, that we might be justified from faith.
King James 2000
Therefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So then, the law became our guardian until Christ, in order that we could be justified by faith.
Modern King James verseion
So that the Law has become a trainer of us until Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster unto the time of Christ, that we might be made righteous by faith.
Moffatt New Testament
the Law thus held us as wards in discipline, till such time as Christ came, that we might be justified by faith.
Montgomery New Testament
So the Law has been our tutor-slave our pedagogue to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith;
NET Bible
Thus the law had become our guardian until Christ, so that we could be declared righteous by faith.
New Heart English Bible
So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Noyes New Testament
So then the Law hath been our schoolmaster, to lead us to Christ, that we might be accepted as righteous through faith;
Sawyer New Testament
So that the law was our schoolmaster to lead to Christ, that we might be justified by faith;
The Emphasized Bible
So that, the law, hath proved, our tutor, training us, for Christ, in order that, by faith, we might be declared righteous;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Wherefore the law was our conductor, as of children, to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Thus the Law has proved a guide to lead us to Christ, in order that we may be pronounced righteous as the result of faith.
Webster
Wherefore the law was our school-master to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Weymouth New Testament
So that the Law has acted the part of a tutor-slave to lead us to Christ, in order that through faith we may be declared to be free from guilt.
Williams New Testament
So the law has been our attendant to lead us to Christ, so that we might through faith obtain right standing with God.
World English Bible
So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Worrell New Testament
So that the law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Worsley New Testament
So that the law was our guide to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Youngs Literal Translation
so that the law became our child-conductor -- to Christ, that by faith we may be declared righteous,
Themes
Children » Tutors and governors for
Faith/faithfulness » The time prior to the coming of faith
The law of God » Designed to lead to Christ
the Law of moses » A schoolmaster to lead to Christ
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References
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Galatians 3:24
Images Galatians 3:24
Prayers for Galatians 3:24
Questions on Galatians 3:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Addition Of The Law
23 But before faith came we were kept in custody under law, having been confined for faith that was going to be revealed. 24 So that the law became our schoolmaster for Christ, so that we might be made righteous from faith. 25 But faith having come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
Cross References
Galatians 2:16
knowing that a man is not made righteous from works of law, instead through faith of Jesus Christ. And we believed in Christ Jesus, so that we might be made righteous from faith of Christ, and not from works of law, because no fles
Romans 10:4
For Christ is the end of law for righteousness, to every man who believes.
Colossians 2:17
which are a shadow of the things coming, but the body is Christ's.
Matthew 5:17-18
Think not that I came to abolish the law or the prophets. I came not to abolish, but to fulfill.
Acts 13:38-39
Be it known to you therefore, men, brothers, that through this man remission of sins is proclaimed to you.
Romans 3:20-22
Because from works of law no flesh will be made right before him, for through law is knowledge of sin.
Romans 7:7-9
What will we say then? The law is sin? May it not happen! Yet I did not know sin except through law. For likewise I would not have known lust, if the law did not say, Thou shall not covet.
Romans 7:24-25
I am a wretched man. Who will rescue me out of the body of this death?
1 Corinthians 4:15
For though ye have countless instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus I begot you through the good-news.
Galatians 2:19
For I, through law, died to law, so that I might live to God.
Galatians 3:25
But faith having come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
Galatians 4:2-3
Instead he is under stewards and managers until the time appointed from the father.
Hebrews 7:18-19
For indeed there becomes an annulment of a preceding commandment because of its weakness and uselessness
Hebrews 9:8-16
this signifying from the Holy Spirit, the way into the holy things is not yet to be made known while the first tabernacle still remains.
Hebrews 10:1-14
For the law having a shadow of the good things that are coming, not the same substance of the events, with the same sacrifices that are offered continually each year, they are never able to fully perfect those who are approaching.