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Galatians 3:24–25

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24So then, the law became our guardian until Christ, in order that we could be justified by faith. 25But after* faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.

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Footnotes

  1. *Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“has come”) which is understood as temporal

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So the law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith. Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The law, then, was our guardian until Christ, so that we could be justified by faith. But since that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian,

NLTNew Living Translation

Let me put it another way. The law was our guardian until Christ came; it protected us until we could be made right with God through faith. And now that the way of faith has come, we no longer need the law as our guardian.

KJV 1900King James Version

Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.