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Galatians 3:24
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Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith.
Therefore the Law has become our tutor unto Christ, so that we may be justified by faith.
Here's another way of looking at it. The Law was like a prison guard until Jesus came. It kept us safe, but locked away until Jesus could make us right with God and set us free.
So the law has been a servant to take us to Christ, so that we might have righteousness by faith.
So that the law has been our tutor up to Christ, that we might be justified on the principle of faith.
The law, then, was our guardian until Christ, so that we could be justified by faith.
So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Wherefore the law was our school-master unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
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.
Wherefore the Law was our Schoolemaster to bring vs vnto Christ, that we might be iustified by Faith.
So that the Law has become a trainer of us until Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Thus ye lawe was or scolemaster vnto Christ, that we might be made righteous by faith.
so that the law was our school-master to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
with the result that the Law has become our tutor and our disciplinarian to guide us to Christ, so that we may be justified [that is, declared free of the guilt of sin and its penalty, and placed in right standing with God] by faith.
So that the law is become our tutor to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
So that the law was our custodian until Christ came, that we might be justified by faith.
Wherfore the lawe was oure scolemaster vnto the tyme of Christ yt we might be made rightewes by fayth.
So that the law has become our tutor [to bring us] to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Wherefore the law was our school-master [to bring us] to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
so that the law became our child-conductor -- to Christ, that by faith we may be declared righteous,
In other words, the law was our guardian leading us to Christ so that we could be made right with God through faith.
Thus the law had become our guardian until Christ, so that we could be declared righteous by faith.
So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
In fact, the Law was our teacher. It was supposed to teach us until we had faith and were acceptable to God.
Accordingly, the Torah functioned as a custodian until the Messiah came, so that we might be declared righteous on the ground of trusting and being faithful.
So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith.
Wherefore the Lawe was our scholemaster to bring vs to Christ, that we might be made righteous by faith.
The law then was our pathfinder to bring us to Christ that we might be justified by faith.
So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Messiah, that we might be justified by faith.
And so the law was our guardian until Christ came, so that we might be justified by faith.Matthew 5:17; Acts 13:39; Romans 10:4; Galatians 2:16; Colossians 2:17; Hebrews 9:9-10;">[xr]
The law therefore was our conductor [fn] to the Meshiha, that we might be justified by faith.
The law, therefore, was a monitor for us unto the Messiah, that we might become just by faith.
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.
The Law was used to lead us to Christ. It was our teacher, and so we were made right with God by putting our trust in Christ.
So that the law hath been our tutor to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Therefore the law was our disciplinarian until Christ came, so that we might be justified by faith.
So that, the law, hath proved, our tutor, training us, for Christ, in order that, by faith, we might be declared righteous;
Wherefore the law was our pedagogue in Christ: that we might be justified by faith.
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
So then, the law became our guardian until Christ, in order that we could be justified by faith.
Wherfore, the lawe was our scholemaister vnto Christe, that we shoulde be iustified by fayth.
I mean the law was the guardian in charge of us until Christ came. After he came, we could be made right with God through faith.
Therefore the Law has become our guardian to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith.
And so the Law was in charge of us until Christ came, in order that we might then be put right with God through faith.
And so the lawe was oure vndirsmaister in Crist, that we ben iustified of bileue.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the law: Galatians 3:25, Galatians 2:19, Galatians 4:2, Galatians 4:3, Matthew 5:17, Matthew 5:18, Acts 13:38, Acts 13:39, Romans 3:20-22, Romans 7:7-9, Romans 7:24, Romans 7:25, Romans 10:4, Colossians 2:17, Hebrews 7:18, Hebrews 7:19, Hebrews 9:8-16, Hebrews 10:1-14
justified: Galatians 2:16, Acts 13:39
Reciprocal: Matthew 19:20 - All John 5:46 - had John 8:17 - also Romans 3:28 - General 1 Corinthians 6:11 - but ye are justified 2 Corinthians 3:13 - to the Galatians 3:23 - faith came Galatians 4:21 - ye that
Cross-References
And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden;
And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, "Where are you?"
To the woman He said: "I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; In pain you shall bring forth children; Your desire shall be for your husband, And he shall rule over you."
Then to Adam He said, "Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, "You shall not eat of it': "Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life.
Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, And you shall eat the herb of the field.
Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever"--
"Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring Me an offering. From everyone who gives it willingly with his heart you shall take My offering.
Now the donkey saw the Angel of the LORD standing in the way with His drawn sword in His hand, and the donkey turned aside out of the way and went into the field. So Balaam struck the donkey to turn her back onto the road.
And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, a Man stood opposite him with His sword drawn in His hand. And Joshua went to Him and said to Him, "Are You for us or for our adversaries?"
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster unto Christ,.... So the words should be read, as they are by the Syriac and Ethiopic versions; for the words "to bring us" are a supplement of our translators, and have nothing to answer to them in the original; and the sense of the passage is, that the law performed this office of a schoolmaster until the coming of Christ; which shows that till that time the church was in its minority, that the Jews were but children in knowledge and understanding, and therefore stood in need, and were under the care of a schoolmaster, the law, by which the whole Mosaic administration is designed. They were taught by the moral law, the letter, the writing on the two tables, with other statutes and judgments, their duty to God and men, what is to be done and to be avoided, what is righteousness and what is not, the nature of sin, its demerit and consequences; but these gave them no instructions about a Saviour, and life and righteousness by him. The ceremonial law gave them some hints of the Gospel scheme, and the way of salvation by Christ, but in a manner suited to their estate of childhood; by sights and shows, by types and figures, by rites and ceremonies, by shadows and sacrifices; it taught them by divers washings the pollution of their nature, their need of the blood of Christ to cleanse from all sin; by circumcision, the necessity of regeneration, and the internal circumcision of the heart; by the passover, the daily sacrifice and other offerings, the doctrines of redemption, satisfaction, and atonement; and by the brazen serpent, the necessity of looking to Christ for life and salvation, and by various other things in that branch of the legal economy: but besides the instruction the law gave, it made use of discipline as a schoolmaster does; it kept a strict eye and hand over them, and them close to the performance of their duty; and restrained them from many things their inclinations led them to, threatening them with death in case of disobedience, and inflicting its penalties on delinquents; hence they that were under its discipline, were through fear of death it threatened them with, all their time subject to bondage: even the ceremonial law had something awful and tremendous in it; every beast that was slain in sacrifice was not only an instruction to them that they deserved to die as that creature did; but carried in it a tacit acknowledgment and confession of their own guilt; and the whole was an handwriting of ordinances against them. Moreover, the law being called a schoolmaster, shows that the use of it was but temporary, and its duration but for a time; children are not always to be under, nor designed to be always under a schoolmaster, no longer than till they are come to a proper age for greater business and higher exercises of life; so the law was to continue, and did continue, to be of this use and service to the Jewish church during its minority, until Christ came, the substance of all it taught and directed to: both the Jerusalem Targum and that of Jonathan ben Uzziel, on Numbers 11:12 use the very Greek word the apostle does here, concerning Moses, rendering the words, as a "pedagogue" or "schoolmaster" bears a sucking child into the land, c.
That we might be justified by faith by Christ the object of faith, by his righteousness, which faith looks unto and receives, and not by the law and the works of it; the people of the Jews were in such a state under the law, and the law of that use unto them before the coming of Christ, as above represented, that it might be made manifest, be a clear point, and out of all dispute, that there is no such thing as justification by the law; for how could ever such a blessing be expected from it, when men were kept under it as under a military guard; when they were shut up in it as in a prison, and were treated by it as malefactors, convicted and condemned; and when they were under the discipline of it, as a rigid and severe schoolmaster? this being their case till Christ came, when it ceased to be all this to them, he being the end of it for righteousness, it became a thing self-evident, that justification is only by him and his righteousness, and so the end here mentioned was answered.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster - The word rendered schoolmaster (παιδαγωγὸς paidagōgos, whence the word “pedagogue”), referred originally to a slave or freedman, to whose care boys were committed, and who accompanied them to the public schools. The idea here is not that of instructor, but there is reference to the office and duty of the “paedagogus” among the ancients. The office was usually intrusted to slaves or freedmen. It is true, that when the “paedagogus” was properly qualified, he assisted the children committed to his care in preparing their lessons. But still his main duty was not instruction, but it was to watch over the boys; to restrain them from evil and temptation; and to conduct them to the schools, where they might receive instruction. See, for illustrations of this, Wetstein, Bloomfield, etc. In the passage before us, the proper notion of pedagogue is retained. In our sense of the word schoolmaster, Christ is the schoolmaster, and not the Law. The Law performs the office of the ancient pedagogue, to lead us to the teacher or the instructor. That teacher or instructor is Christ. The ways in which the Law does this may be the following:
(1) It restrains us and rebukes us, and keeps us as the ancient pedagogue did his boys.
(2) The whole law was designed to be introductory to Christ. The sacrifices and offerings were designed to shadow forth the Messiah, and to introduce him to the world.
(3) The moral law - the Law of God - shows people their sin and danger, and thus leads them to the Saviour. It condemns them, and thus prepares them to welcome the offer of pardon through a Redeemer.
(4) It still does this. The whole economy of the Jews was designed to do this and under the preaching of the gospel it is still done. People see that they are condemned; they are convinced by the Law that they cannot save themselves, and thus they are led to the Redeemer. The effect of the preached gospel is to show people their sins, and thus to be preparatory to the embracing of the offer of pardon. Hence, the importance of preaching the Law still; and hence, it is needful that people should be made to feel that they are sinners, in order that they may be prepared to embrace the offers of mercy; compare the note at Romans 10:4.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 24. The law was our schoolmaster — Ὁ νομος παιδαγωγος ἡμων γεγονεν εις Χριστον· The law was our pedagogue unto Christ. The παιδαγωγος, pedagogue, is not the schoolmaster, but the servant who had the care of the children to lead them to and bring them back from school, and had the care of them out of school hours. Thus the law did not teach us the living, saving knowledge; but, by its rites and ceremonies, and especially by its sacrifices, it directed us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. This is a beautiful metaphor, and highly illustrative of the apostle's doctrine. Romans 10:4, where this figure is farther explained.
