Galatians 3:23

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

— WEB

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

— KJV

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

— ASV

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Galatians 5:18 "But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law."
Galatians 3:24-25 "So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith."
Romans 6:14-15 "For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace."
Galatians 3:19 "Then why is there the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspringor, seed should come to whom the promise has been m…"
Romans 11:32 "For God has shut up all to disobedience, that he might have mercy on all."
Romans 3:19 "Now 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 worl…"
1 Peter 1:11-12 "searching for who or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ, which was in them, pointed to, when he predicted the sufferings of Christ, a…"
Galatians 4:1-5 "But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a bondservant, though he is lord of all;"

Commentary

faith--namely, that just mentioned (Gal 3:22), of which Christ is the object. kept--Greek, "kept in ward": the effect of the "shutting up" (Gal 3:22; Gal 4:2; Rom 7:6). unto--"with a view to the faith," &c. We were, in a manner, morally forced to it, so that there remained to us no refuge but faith. Compare the phrase, Psa 78:50, Margin; Psa 31:8. which should afterwards, &c.--"which was afterwards to be revealed."

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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