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Galatians 3:23
“But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, confined for the faith which should afterwards be revealed.”
Verse in context — Galatians 3
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Is 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.
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But the Scriptures imprisoned all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
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But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, confined for the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
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So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
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But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.
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