Galatians 3:19

Catholic Public Domain Version

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.

Cross References

Psalm 106:23

Those who descend to the sea in ships, making their livelihood in the great waters:

Leviticus 15:32

This is the law of him who undergoes a flow of seed, or who is polluted by sexual intercourse,

Luke 16:31

But he said to him: 'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe even if someone has resurrected from the dead.' "

John 1:17

For the law was given though Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

John 15:22

If I had not come and had not spoken to them, they would not have sin. But now they have no excuse for their sin.

Acts 7:38

This is he who was in the Church in the wilderness, with the Angel who was speaking to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. It is he who received the words of life to give to us.

Acts 7:53

You received the law by the actions of Angels, and yet you have not kept it."

Romans 2:13

For it is not the hearers of the law who are just before God, but rather it is the doers of the law who shall be justified.

Romans 4:15

For the law works unto wrath. And where there is no law, there is no law-breaking.

Galatians 3:16

The promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. He did not say, "and to descendents," as if to many, but instead, as if to one, he said, "and to your offspring," who is Christ.

Deuteronomy 33:2

And he said: "The Lord went forth from Sinai, and he arose for us from Seir. He appeared from Mount Paran, and thousands of holy ones were with him. The fiery law was in his right hand.

Deuteronomy 5:5

I was the mediator, for I was in the middle between the Lord and you, at that time, to announce his words to you. For you were afraid of the fire, and so you did not ascend to the mountain. And he said:

Hebrews 2:2

For if a word that was spoken through the Angels has been made firm, and every transgression and disobedience has received the recompense of a just retribution,

Hebrews 2:5

For God did not subject the future world, about which we are speaking, to the Angels.