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,


In Context

18 for if by law be the inheritance, it is no more by promise, but to Abraham through promise did God grant it.

19 Why, then, the law? on account of the transgressions it was added, till the seed might come to which the promise hath been made, having been set in order through messengers in the hand of a mediator —

20 and the mediator is not of one, and God is one —

21 the 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,

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

23 And before the coming of the faith, under law we were being kept, shut up to the faith 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:21Is 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;

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 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.