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Galatians 3:23

WEB

23But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, confined for the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

KJV

23But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

BSB

23Before this faith came, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until faith should be revealed.

FBV

23Before we trusted in Jesus we remained in the custody of the law until this way of trusting was revealed.

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Extra References

Galatians 5:18

18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.


Galatians 3:24-25

24So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.


Romans 6:14-15

14For sin will not have dominion over you, for you are not under law, but under grace.

15What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be!


Romans 11:32

32For God has bound all to disobedience, that he might have mercy on all.


Galatians 3:19

19Then why is there the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise has been made. It was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.


Romans 3:19

19Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.


1 Peter 1:11-12

11searching for who or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them pointed to when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow them. 12To them it was revealed that they served not themselves, but you, in these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the Good News to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.


Galatians 4:1-5

1But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a bondservant, though he is lord of all, 2but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed by the father. 3So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world. 4But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law, 5that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as children.


1 Corinthians 9:20-21

20To the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law,[+] that I might gain those who are under the law; 21to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law.


Hebrews 12:2

2looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.