Galatians 3:23 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

²³ But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterward be revealed.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ Now before the faith came, we were perpetually guarded under the Law, kept in custody in preparation for the faith that was destined to be revealed (unveiled, disclosed),

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ But before faith came, we were kept in ward under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

Common English Bible

²³ Before faith came, we were guarded under the Law, locked up until faith that was coming would be revealed,

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ But before the faith arrived, we were preserved by being enclosed under the law, unto that faith which was to be revealed.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ But before the faith came, we were kept under the law shut up, unto that faith which was to be revealed.

Galatians 3:23 Cross References

John 3:34

For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.

Romans 11:32

For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

Romans 3:19

Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

Galatians 3:19

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.

Galatians 4:21

Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?

Galatians 5:18

But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

Hebrews 11:13

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

Hebrews 12:2

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.