Galatians 3:24

24 So the law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith.

Galatians 3:24 in Other Translations

KJV
24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
ESV
24 So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith.
NLT
24 Let me put it another way. The law was our guardian until Christ came; it protected us until we could be made right with God through faith.
MSG
24 The law was like those Greek tutors, with which you are familiar, who escort children to school and protect them from danger or distraction, making sure the children will really get to the place they set out for.
CSB
24 The law, then, was our guardian described such a slave. This slave was not a teacher. until Christ, so that we could be justified by faith.

Galatians 3:24 In-Context

22 But Scripture has locked up everything under the control of sin, so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.
23 Before the coming of this faith, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed.
24 So the law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith.
25 Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.
26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith,

Cross References 2

  • 1. ver 19; Romans 10:4; S Romans 4:15
  • 2. Galatians 2:16
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