King James Version (KJV)
Galatians 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.”
Verse in context — Galatians 3
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Wherefore then [serveth] the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; [and it was] ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
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Now a mediator is not [a mediator] of one, but God is one.
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[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.
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But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
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But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
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