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Galatians 3

Gal. 3:24 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Wherefore
hoste (Greek #5620)
so too, i.e. thus therefore (in various relations of consecution, as follow)
KJV usage: (insomuch) as, so that (then), (insomuch) that, therefore, to, wherefore.
Pronounce: hoce'-teh
Origin: from 5613 and 5037
the law
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
nomos (Greek #3551)
law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle)
KJV usage: law.
Pronounce: nom'-os
Origin: from a primary νέμω (to parcel out, especially food or grazing to animals)
a was
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
our
hemon (Greek #2257)
of (or from) us
KJV usage: our (company), us, we.
Pronounce: hay-mone'
Origin: genitive case plural of 1473
schoolmaster
paidagogos (Greek #3807)
a boy-leader, i.e. a servant whose office it was to take the children to school; (by implication, (figuratively) a tutor ("paedagogue"))
KJV usage: instructor, schoolmaster.
Pronounce: pahee-dag-o-gos'
Origin: from 3816 and a reduplicated form of 71
to bring us unto
eis (Greek #1519)
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
KJV usage: (abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at, (back-)ward, before, by, concerning, + continual, + far more exceeding, for (intent, purpose), fore, + forth, in (among, at, unto, -so much that, -to), to the intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-)on, + perish, + set at one again, (so) that, therefore(-unto), throughout, til, to (be, the end, -ward), (here-)until(-to), ...ward, (where-)fore, with. Often used in composition with the same general import, but only with verbs (etc.) expressing motion (literally or figuratively).
Pronounce: ice
Origin: a primary preposition
Christ
Christos (Greek #5547)
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
KJV usage: Christ.
Pronounce: khris-tos'
Origin: from 5548
, that
hina (Greek #2443)
in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)
KJV usage: albeit, because, to the intent (that), lest, so as, (so) that, (for) to. Compare 3363.
Pronounce: hin'-ah
Origin: probably from the same as the former part of 1438 (through the demonstrative idea; compare 3588)
we might be justified
dikaioo (Greek #1344)
to render (i.e. show or regard as) just or innocent
KJV usage: free, justify(-ier), be righteous.
Pronounce: dik-ah-yo'-o
Origin: from 1342
by
ek (Greek #1537)
or ἐξ (ex) a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; literal or figurative; direct or remote)
KJV usage: after, among, X are, at, betwixt(-yond), by (the means of), exceedingly, (+ abundantly above), for(- th), from (among, forth, up), + grudgingly, + heartily, X heavenly, X hereby, + very highly, in, ...ly, (because, by reason) of, off (from), on, out among (from, of), over, since, X thenceforth, through, X unto, X vehemently, with(-out). Often used in composition, with the same general import; often of completion.
Pronounce: ek
faith
pistis (Greek #4102)
persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself
KJV usage: assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.
Pronounce: pis'-tis
Origin: from 3982
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Col. 2:17• 17Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. (Col. 2:17)
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Heb. 9:9‑10• 9Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
 10Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. (Heb. 9:9‑10)

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Christ,
Faith,
Justification,
Law,
Schoolmaster (παιδαγωγός)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the law.
Gal. 3:25• 25But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. (Gal. 3:25)
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Gal. 2:19• 19For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. (Gal. 2:19)
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Gal. 4:2‑3• 2But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
 3Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: (Gal. 4:2‑3)
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Matt. 5:17‑18• 17Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
 18For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. (Matt. 5:17‑18)
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Acts 13:38‑39• 38Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
 39And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. (Acts 13:38‑39)
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Rom. 3:20‑22• 20Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
 21But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
 22Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: (Rom. 3:20‑22)
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Rom. 7:7‑9,24‑25• 7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
 8But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
 9For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
 24O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
 25I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. (Rom. 7:7‑9,24‑25)
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Rom. 10:4• 4For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. (Rom. 10:4)
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Col. 2:17• 17Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. (Col. 2:17)
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Heb. 7:18‑19• 18For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
 19For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God. (Heb. 7:18‑19)
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Heb. 9:8‑16• 8The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
 9Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
 10Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
 11But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
 12Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
 13For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
 14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
 15And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
 16For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. (Heb. 9:8‑16)
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Heb. 10:1‑14• 1For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
 2For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
 3But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.
 4For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
 5Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
 6In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
 7Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
 8Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
 9Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
 10By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
 11And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
 12But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
 13From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
 14For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. (Heb. 10:1‑14)
justified.
Gal. 2:16• 16Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. (Gal. 2:16)
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Acts 13:39• 39And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. (Acts 13:39)
• Before faith came—that is Christianity—the Jews, during the period of law, were kept apart from the nations, in view of being justified on the principle of faith. In this sense the law held them in tutelage to conduct them to Christ. (“Galatians 3” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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See Eph. 1.14, and Note.

W. Kelly Translation

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So that the law hath been our tutor untoa Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

WK Translation Notes

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It may be "unto," "for," or "up to" which appears safest, though the temporal meaning is often legitimate, whether an epoch, or point as "until," or a period as "for." But it is even more frequently used ethically for aim, state or effect, and result, as the case may require. There is no need of inserting "to bring us" where "up to," or "unto," is better than "until," as expressive of the object in view, and not of a temporal limit only.