Galatians 3:23-25

Holman Christian Standard Bible

²³Before this faith^(A) came, we were confined under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith was revealed.^(B) ²⁴The law, then, was our guardian^[a] until Christ,^(C) so that we could be justified by faith. ²⁵But since that faith^(D) has come, we are no longer under a guardian,

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Footnotes

Galatians 3:24 The word translated guardian in vv. 24-25 is different from the word in Gl 4:2. In our culture, we do not have a slave who takes a child to and from school, protecting the child from harm or corruption. In Gk the word paidogogos described such a slave. This slave was not a teacher.