Galatians 3:23 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.”
Galatians 3:23 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Galatians 3:23 in 6 Bible Translations
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Galatians 3:23 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, confined for the faith which should afterwards be revealed.”
Galatians 3:23 — World English Bible
Galatians 3:23 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“But before faith came, we were kept in ward under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.”
Galatians 3:23 — American Standard Version
Galatians 3:23 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And before the coming of the faith, under law we were being kept, shut up to the faith about to be revealed,”
Galatians 3:23 — Young's Literal Translation
Galatians 3:23 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“But before faith came, we were guarded under law, shut up to faith [which was] about to be revealed.”
Galatians 3:23 — Darby Translation
Galatians 3:23 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“But before faith came, we were kept vnder the Law, as vnder a garison, and shut vp vnto that faith, which should afterward be reueiled.”
Galatians 3:23 — Geneva Bible
Galatians 3:23 in Context — Galatians 3
21 ¿Luego la ley es contra las promesas de Dios? En ninguna manera: porque si la ley dada pudiera vivificar, la justicia fuera verdaderamente por la ley.
22 Mas encerró la Escritura todo bajo pecado, para que la promesa fuese dada á los creyentes por la fe de Jesucristo.
23 Empero antes que viniese la fe, estábamos guardados bajo la ley, encerrados para aquella fe que había de ser descubierta.
24 De manera que la ley nuestro ayo fué para [llevarnos] á Cristo, para que fuésemos justificados por la fe.
25 Mas venida la fe, ya no estamos bajo ayo;
What Does Galatians 3:23 Mean?
Galatians 3:23 is a verse from the Book of Galatians, part of the New Testament. It appears in Galatians chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.
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