Galatians 3:19-25

New King James Version

Purpose of the Law

¹⁹ What purpose then does the law serve? ^(A)It was added because of transgressions, till the ^(B)Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ^(C)appointed through angels by the hand ^(D)of a mediator. ²⁰ Now a mediator does not mediate for one only, ^(E)but God is one.

²¹ Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, truly righteousness would have been by the law. ²² But the Scripture has confined ^(F)all under sin, ^(G)that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. ²³ But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, ^[a]kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed. ²⁴ Therefore ^(H)the law was our ^[b]tutor to bring us to Christ, ^(I)that we might be justified by faith. ²⁵ But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.