Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
New International Version NIV
19 For what then <em>serves</em> the law? It was added because of rebellions until the seed should come to whom the promise was made, <em>and it was</em> ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
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Why, then, was the law given at all? It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise referred had come. The law was given through angels and entrusted to a mediator.
20 Now a mediator is not <em>a mediator</em> of one, but God is one.
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A mediator, however, implies more than one party; but God is one.
21 <em>Is</em> the law then against the promises of God? No, in no wise, for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
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Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.
22 But the scripture has concluded all under sin that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to the believers.
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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 But before faith came, we were under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
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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 Therefore the law was our schoolmaster <em>to bring us</em> unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
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So the law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith.
25 But when faith is come, we are no longer under <em>the hand</em> of the schoolmaster.
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Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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