22Howbeit the scripture hath shut up all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.


In Context

19 What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise hath been made; and it was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.

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 make alive, verily righteousness would have been of the law.

22 Howbeit the scripture hath shut up all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

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

24 So that the law hath been our tutor to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Galatians 3:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:22But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:22But the Scripture declares that the whole world is a prisoner of sin, so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:22But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise, by the faith of Jesus Christ, might be given to them that believe.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:22But the scriptures shut up all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:22but 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:22But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:22But the Scriptures imprisoned all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:22but the Writing did shut up the whole under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ may be given to those believing.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:22But the scripture has concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.