Galatians 3:23
King James Version (KJV)
But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
American Standard Version (ASV)
But before faith came, we were kept in ward under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
World English Bible (WEB)
But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, confined for the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
Galatians 3:23 Cross References
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.
Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
