24So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith.


In Context

21 Is 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.

22 But 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.

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

24 So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith.

25 Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law.

26 You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus,

Galatians 3:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:24Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster [to bring us] unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:24Wherefore the law was our pedagogue in Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:24So that the law is become our tutor to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:24So that the law has been our tutor up to Christ, that we might be justified on the principle of faith.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:24So that the law hath been our tutor to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:24Wherefore the law was our school-master to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:24So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:24so that the law became our child-conductor — to Christ, that by faith we may be declared righteous,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:24Why the law was our schoolmaster to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.