Galatians 3:24

Galatians 3:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
• New International Version (NIV)So the law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Context of Galatians 3:24

22But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. 23But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up to the faith which should afterwards be revealed. Therefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25But after faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. 26For ye are all children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 3:24 word by word

ὥστε ὁ νόμος παιδαγωγὸς ἡμῶν γέγονεν εἰς Χριστόν, ἵνα ἐκ πίστεως δικαιωθῶμεν·Read the interlinear

• Thereforeὥστεhōste · soG5620
• lawνόμοςnomos · lawG3551
• wasγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• ourἡμῶνhēmōn · of usG2257
• schoolmasterπαιδαγωγόςpaidagōgos · guardianG3807
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• justifiedδικαιόωdikaioō · to justifyG1344
• byἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102

Cross-references for Galatians 3:24

• Galatians 3:25But after faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
• Galatians 2:19For I through the law am dead to the law, that I may live to God.
• Galatians 4:2But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed by the father.
• Matthew 5:17Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
• Acts 13:38Be it known to you therefore, men, brethren, that through this man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins:
• Romans 3:20Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
• Romans 7:7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? By no means. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
• Romans 10:4For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
• Colossians 2:17Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
• Hebrews 7:18For there is verily a setting aside of the former commandment on account of its weakness and unprofitableness.
• Hebrews 9:8The Holy Spirit thus signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet revealed, while the first tabernacle was yet standing:
• Hebrews 10:1For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers to them perfect.
• Galatians 2:16Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we may be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
• Acts 13:39And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

Commentaries on Galatians 3:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24The law was our schoolmaster - ̔ ̔ · The law was our pedagogue unto Christ. The , 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster - The word rendered schoolmaster ( ̀ paidagōgoswhence 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-25Verses 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24The law is like a child's guardian. (The Greek word is paidagōgos, meaning "tutor.") In Greco-Roman culture, a guardian was a loyal servant who trained and protected the heir until adulthood.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. "So that the law hath been (that is, hath turned out to be) our schoolmaster (or "tutor," literally, "pedagogue": this term, among the Greeks, meant a faithful servant entrusted with the care of the boy from childhood to puberty, to keep him from evil, physical and moral, and accompany him to his amusements and studies) to guide us unto Christ," with whom we are no longer "shut up" in bondage, but are freemen. "Children" (literally, infants) need such…Read the comment

Topics related to Galatians 3:24

• Children
• Faith
• Instruction
• Justification
• Salvation
• School
• Works

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• Christ
• Christ, Messiah
• Conclude
• Curse
• Eye
• Flesh
• Foolish
• Redeem
• Schoolmaster
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Commentaries on Galatians 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings