Galatians 3:21 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²¹ Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not; for if a law had been given which could make alive, then righteousness would indeed be by the law.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ Is the Law then contrary and opposed to the promises of God? Of course not! For if a Law had been given which could confer [spiritual] life, then righteousness and right standing with God would certainly have come by Law.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could make alive, verily righteousness would have been of the law.

Common English Bible

²¹ So, is the Law against the promises of God? Absolutely not! If a Law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would in fact have come from the Law.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ So then, was the law contrary to the promises of God? Let it not be so! For if a law had been given, which was able to give life, truly justice would be of the law.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ Was the law then against the promises of God? God forbid. For if there had been a law given which could give life, verily justice should have been by the law.

Galatians 3:21 Cross References

Luke 20:16

He will come and destroy those tenants, and give the vineyard to others.” When they heard this, they said, “God forbid!”

Romans 3:31

Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.

Romans 3:4

By no means! Let God be true though every man be false, as it is written, “That thou mayest be justified in thy words, and prevail when thou art judged.”

Romans 3:6

By no means! For then how could God judge the world?

Romans 9:31

but that Israel who pursued the righteousness which is based on law did not succeed in fulfilling that law.

2 Corinthians 3:7

Now if the dispensation of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such splendor that the Israelites could not look at Moses' face because of its brightness, fading as this was,

Galatians 2:17

But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we ourselves were found to be sinners, is Christ then an agent of sin? Certainly not!

Galatians 2:19

For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God.

Galatians 2:21

I do not nullify the grace of God; for if justification were through the law, then Christ died to no purpose.

Galatians 6:14

But far be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, took heed and constructed an ark for the saving of his household; by this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness which comes by faith.

Hebrews 7:18

On the one hand, a former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness

Hebrews 7:19

(for the law made nothing perfect); on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.