Galatians 3:24 Parallel Translations

Before Christ came, Moses' laws served as our guardian. Christ came so that we could receive God's approval by faith.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

So that the law is become our tutor to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

BBE:

So the law has been a servant to take us to Christ, so that we might have righteousness by faith.

DBY:

So that the law has been our tutor up to Christ, that we might be justified on the principle of faith.

ERV:

So that the law hath been our tutor to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

WEY:

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.

WBS:

Wherefore the law was our school-master to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

WEB:

So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

YLT:

so that the law became our child-conductor -- to Christ, that by faith we may be declared righteous,

Galatians 3:24 Cross References

XREF:

1 Corinthians 4:15 For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

Galatians 2:16 nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster. Tutor, in the Revised Version. In Roman families a trusted slave, a pedagogue, had charge of children, preserved them from harm, and took them to school. The law is such a tutor; not a schoolmaster, but a guide to lead us to the school of Christ. There we are justified by faith.

WES:

3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster unto Christ - It was designed to train us up for Christ. And this it did both by its commands, which showed the need we had of his atonement; and its ceremonies, which all pointed us to him.

MHC:

3:23-25 The law did not teach a living, saving knowledge; but, by its rites and ceremonies, especially by its sacrifices, it pointed to Christ, that they might be justified by faith. And thus it was, as the word properly signifies, a servant, to lead to Christ, as children are led to school by servants who have the care of them, that they might be more fully taught by Him the true way of justification and salvation, which is only by faith in Christ. And the vastly greater advantage of the gospel state is shown, under which we enjoy a clearer discovery of Divine grace and mercy than the Jews of old. Most men continue shut up as in a dark dungeon, in love with their sins, being blinded and lulled asleep by Satan, through wordly pleasures, interests, and pursuits. But the awakened sinner discovers his dreadful condition. Then he feels that the mercy and grace of God form his only hope. And the terrors of the law are often used by the convincing Spirit, to show the sinner his need of Christ, to bring him to rely on his sufferings and merits, that he may be justified by faith. Then the law, by the teaching of the Holy Spirit, becomes his loved rule of duty, and his standard for daily self-examination. In this use of it he learns to depend more simply on the Saviour.

CONC:

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Acted Charge Christ Custodian Declared Faith Free Guilt Justified Law Order Part Principle Righteous Righteousness Schoolmaster School-Master Servant Tutor Tutor-Slave Wherefore

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