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24 Thus the law had become our guardian[a] until Christ, so that we could be declared righteous[b] by faith.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 3:24 tn Or “disciplinarian,” “custodian,” or “guide.” According to BDAG 748 s.v. παιδαγωγός, “the man, usu. a slave…whose duty it was to conduct a boy or youth…to and from school and to superintend his conduct gener.; he was not a ‘teacher’ (despite the present mng. of the derivative ‘pedagogue’…When the young man became of age, the π. was no longer needed.” L&N 36.5 gives “guardian, leader, guide” here.
  2. Galatians 3:24 tn Or “be justified.”

24 So the law was our guardian until Christ came(A) that we might be justified by faith.(B)

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24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

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