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


In Context

20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.

21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, truly righteousness should have been by the law.

22 But the scripture has concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

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

24 Why the law was our schoolmaster to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

Galatians 3:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:23But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:23Before this faith came, we were held prisoners by the law, locked up until faith should be revealed.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:23But before the faith came, we were kept under the law shut up, unto that faith which was to be revealed.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:23But before faith came, we were kept in ward under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:23But before faith came, we were guarded under law, shut up to faith which was about to be revealed.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:23But before faith came, we were kept in ward under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:23But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up to the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:23But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, confined for the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:23And before the coming of the faith, under law we were being kept, shut up to the faith about to be revealed,