Galatians 3:21-28

21So should we say that God's Law works against God's promises? No, certainly that is not true! It is not possible for the rules of any law to give us life with God. If that could happen, then God would have accepted us as right if we obeyed those rules.

22But the Bible says that sin has power over everyone. People can not get free. This means that we can only receive what God has promised when we trust Jesus Christ. God gives his promise to those who believe.

23But before God showed us the way of faith, the Law had authority over us. God's Law kept us safe, until God showed us that we must believe in Christ.

24In that way, God's Law was like our guide. It kept us safe until Christ came. Then God could accept us as right because we trusted Christ.

25But now that the way of faith in Christ has come, we do not need God's Law to keep us safe any longer.

26All of you are God's children because you believe in Christ Jesus.

27They baptized you as believers in Christ. That means that you have put on Christ, like someone who puts on new clothes.

28It does not matter whether you are a Jew or a Gentile. It does not matter whether you are a slave or a free person. It does not matter whether you are a man or a woman. You all belong together because you all belong to Christ Jesus.