Galatians 3:24 Why the law was our schoolmaster to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. There were three systems of law delivered to the Jews, each leading, like a highway of the Lord, to Christ. I. THE JUDICIAL LAW. This involved their civil policy as a state or nation, governed their conduct as between man and man, and determined their offences and penalties as citizens and subjects. II. THE CEREMONIAL LAW, determining their ecclesiastical polity. III. THE MORAL LAW. Resolved by Christ into two commandments, and by St. Paul into one word — love. This law brings us to Christ (1) By convicting of sin; (2) by revealing our peril; (3) by its weakness through the flesh to save from death. (J. B. Owen, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.WEB: So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. |
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