21Is then the law against the promises of God? Far be the thought. For if a law had been given able to quicken, then indeed righteousness were on the principle of law;


In Context

18 For if the inheritance be on the principle of law, it is no longer on the principle of promise; but God gave it in grace to Abraham by promise.

19 Why then the law? It was added for the sake of transgressions, until the seed came to whom the promise was made, ordained through angels in the hand of a mediator.

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

21 Is then the law against the promises of God? Far be the thought. For if a law had been given able to quicken, then indeed righteousness were on the principle of law;

22 but the scripture has shut up all things under sin, that the promise, on the principle of faith of Jesus Christ, should be given to those that believe.

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

Galatians 3:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:21[Is] the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:21Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:21Was the law then against the promises of God? God forbid. For if there had been a law given which could give life, verily justice should have been by the law.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:21Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could make alive, verily righteousness would have been of the law.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:21Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could make alive, verily righteousness would have been of the law.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:21Is the law then against the promises of God? By no means: for if there had been a law given which could give life, verily righteousness would have been by the law.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:21Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could make alive, most certainly righteousness would have been of the law.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:21the law, then, is against the promises of God? — let it not be! for if a law was given that was able to make alive, truly by law there would have been the righteousness,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:21Is 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.