Galatians 3:21-Galatians 4:7 - The Purpose Of The Law Of Moses

²¹ Does that set the Law in opposition to God's promises? Heaven forbid! For, if a Law had been given capable of bestowing Life, then righteousness would have actually owed its existence to Law. ²² But the words of Scripture represent the whole world as being in bondage to sin, so that the promised blessing, dependent, as it is, upon faith in Jesus Christ, may be given to those who have faith in him. ²³ Before the coming of faith, we were kept under the guard of the Law, in bondage, awaiting the Faith that was destined to be revealed. ²⁴ 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. ²⁵ But now that faith has come we no longer need a guide. ²⁶ For you are all Sons of God, through your faith in Christ Jesus.

²⁷ For all of you who were baptized into union with Christ clothed yourselves with Christ. ²⁸ All distinctions between Jew and Greek, slave and freeman, male and female, have vanished; for in union with Christ Jesus you are all one. ²⁹ And, since you belong to Christ, it follows that you are Abraham's offspring and, under the promise, sharers in the inheritance.

¹ My point is this--As long as the heir is under age, there is no difference between him and a slave, though he is master of the whole estate. ² He is subject to the control of guardians and stewards, during the period for which his father has power to appoint them. ³ And so is it with us; when we were under age, as it were, we were slaves to the puerile teaching of this world; ⁴ But, when the full time came, God sent his Son--born a woman's child, born subject to Law-- ⁵ To ransom those who were subject to Law, so that we might take our position as sons. ⁶ And it is because you are sons that God sent into our hearts the Spirit of his Son, with the cry--'Abba, our Father.' ⁷ You, therefore, are no longer a slave, but a son; and, if a son, then an heir also, by God's appointment.