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


In Context

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.

24 So that the law has been our tutor up to Christ, that we might be justified on the principle of faith.

25 But, faith having come, we are no longer under a tutor;

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 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,

The American King James Version 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.