Galatians 3:19 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁹ What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise hath been made; and it was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ What then was the purpose of the Law? It was added [later on, after the promise, to disclose and expose to men their guilt] because of transgressions and [to make men more conscious of the sinfulness] of sin; and it was intended to be in effect until the Seed (the Descendant, the Heir) should come, to and concerning Whom the promise had been made. And it [the Law] was arranged and ordained and appointed through the instrumentality of angels [and was given] by the hand (in the person) of a go-between [Moses, an intermediary person between God and man].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise hath been made; and it was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ So why was the Law given? It was added because of offenses, until the descendant would come to whom the promise had been made. It was put in place through angels by the hand of a mediator.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ Why, then, was there a law? It was established because of transgressions, until the offspring would arrive, to whom he made the promise, ordained by Angels through the hand of a mediator.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁹ Why then was the law? It was set because of transgressions, until the seed should come, to whom he made the promise, being ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

Galatians 3:19 Cross References

Psalm 106:23

Therefore he said that he would destroy them, Had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

Leviticus 15:32

This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed of copulation goeth from him, so that he is unclean thereby;

Luke 16:31

And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, if one rise from the dead.

John 1:17

For the law was given by Moses; grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

John 15:22

If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin.

Acts 7:38

This is he that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received living oracles to give unto us:

Acts 7:53

ye who received the law as it was ordained by angels, and kept it not.

Romans 2:13

for not the hearers of a law are just before God, but the doers of a law shall be justified:

Romans 4:15

for the law worketh wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there transgression.

Galatians 3:16

Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

Deuteronomy 33:2

And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, And rose from Seir unto them; He shined forth from mount Paran, And he came from the ten thousands of holy ones: At his right hand was a fiery law unto them.

Deuteronomy 5:5

(I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid because of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,

Hebrews 2:2

For if the word spoken through angels proved stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward;

Hebrews 2:5

For not unto angels did he subject the world to come, whereof we speak.