Galatians 3:22

Easy To Read Version

But this is not true, because the Scriptures {\cf2\super [42]} showed that all people are bound by sin. Why did the Scriptures do this? So that the promise would be given to people through faith. The promise is given to people who believe in Jesus Christ.

Cross References

Psalm 143:2

Don’t judge me, your servant.\par Never, in all my life, could I ever be judged innocent.\par

Mark 16:16

Any person that believes and is baptized {\cf2\super [241]} will be saved. But the person that does not believe will be judged guilty.

John 12:46

I am light, and I came into this world. I came so that every person that believes in me would not stay in darkness.

John 20:31

But these things are written so that you can believe that Jesus is the Christ, {\cf2\super [268]} the Son of God. Then, by believing, you can have life through his name.

John 3:36

The person that believes in the Son has life forever. But the person that does not obey the Son will never have that life. God’s anger stays with that person.”

John 5:24

“I tell you the truth. If a person hears what I say and believes in the One (God) who sent me, that person has life forever. That person will not be judged guilty. He has already left death and has entered into life.

John 6:40

Every person that sees the Son and believes in him has life forever. I will raise up that person on the last day. This is what my Father wants.”

Acts 16:31

They said to him, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved—you and all these people from your house.”

Romans 10:9

If you openly say, “Jesus is Lord,” and if you believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from death, then you will be saved.

Romans 11:32

All people have refused to obey God. God has put all people together as people that don’t obey him, so that God can show mercy to all people.

Romans 3:22

God makes people right through their faith in Jesus Christ. God does this for all people that believe in Christ. All people are the same.

Romans 3:23

All people have sinned and are not good enough for God’s glory.

Romans 5:12

Sin came into the world because of what one man (Adam) did. And with sin came death. So this is why all people must die—because all people sinned.

Galatians 3:14

Christ did this so that God’s blessing could be given to all people. God promised this blessing to Abraham. The blessing comes through Jesus Christ. \{Christ died\} so that we could have the Spirit {\cf2\super [34]} that God promised. We receive this promise by believing.

Galatians 3:17

This is what I mean: The agreement \{that God gave to Abraham\} was made official long before the law {\cf2\super [38]} came. The law came 430 years later. So the law could not take away the agreement and change God’s promise.

Galatians 3:23

Before this faith came, we were all held prisoners by the law. {\cf2\super [43]} We had no freedom until God showed us the way of faith that was coming.

2 Timothy 1:1

Greetings from Paul, an apostle {\cf2\super [1]} of Christ Jesus. I am an apostle because God wanted me to be. God sent me to tell people about the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 9:15

So Christ brings a new agreement {\cf2\super [108]} from God to his people. Christ brings this new agreement so that those people that are called by God can have the things that God promised. God’s people can have those things forever. They can have those things because Christ died to pay for the sins that people did under the first agreement. {\cf2\super [109]} Christ died to make people free from those sins.

2 Peter 1:4

Through his glory and goodness, Jesus gave us the very great and rich gifts that he promised us. With those gifts you can share in being like God. And so the world will not ruin you with the evil things it wants.

2 Peter 3:13

But God made a promise to us. And we are waiting for what he promised—a new sky and a new earth. That will be the place where goodness lives.

1 John 2:25

And this is what the Son promised to us—life forever.