Galatians 3:19

New Century Version

So what was the law for? It was given to show that the wrong things people do are against God’s will. And it continued until the special descendant, who had been promised, came. The law was given through angels who used Moses for a mediator to give the law to people.

Cross References

Psalm 106:23

So God said he would destroy them. But Moses, his chosen one, stood before him and stopped God’s anger from destroying them.

Leviticus 15:32

These are the teachings for the person who discharges a body fluid and for the man who becomes unclean from semen coming out of his body.

Luke 16:31

But Abraham said to him, ‘If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not listen to someone who comes back from the dead.’ ”

John 1:17

The law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

John 15:22

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

Acts 7:38

This is the Moses who was with the gathering of the Israelites in the desert. He was with the angel that spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and he was with our ancestors. He received commands from God that give life, and he gave those commands to us.

Acts 7:53

You received the law of Moses, which God gave you through his angels, but you haven’t obeyed it.”

Romans 2:13

Hearing the law does not make people right with God. It is those who obey the law who will be right with him.

Romans 4:15

because the law can only bring God’s anger. But if there is no law, there is nothing to disobey.

Galatians 3:16

God made promises both to Abraham and to his descendant. God did not say, “and to your descendants.” That would mean many people. But God said, “and to your descendant.” That means only one person; that person is Christ.

Deuteronomy 33:2

He said: “The Lord came from Mount Sinai and rose like the sun from Edom; he showed his greatness from Mount Paran. He came with thousands of angels from the southern mountains.

Deuteronomy 5:5

(At that time I stood between you and the Lord in order to tell you what the Lord said; you were afraid of the fire, so you would not go up on the mountain.) The Lord said:

Hebrews 2:2

The teaching God spoke through angels was shown to be true, and anyone who did not follow it or obey it received the punishment that was earned.

Hebrews 2:5

God did not choose angels to be the rulers of the new world that was coming, which is what we have been talking about.