Galatians 3:19

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Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring would come to whom the promise had been made; and it was ordained through angels by a mediator.

Cross References

Psalm 106:23

Therefore he said he would destroy them— had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

Leviticus 15:32

This is the ritual for those who have a discharge: for him who has an emission of semen, becoming unclean thereby,

Luke 16:31

He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’ ”

John 1:17

The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

John 15:22

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

Acts 7:38

He is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors; and he received living oracles to give to us.

Acts 7:53

You are the ones that received the law as ordained by angels, and yet you have not kept it.”

Romans 2:13

For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous in God's sight, but the doers of the law who will be justified.

Romans 4:15

For the law brings wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there violation.

Galatians 3:16

Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring; it does not say, “And to offsprings,” as of many; but it says, “And to your offspring,” that is, to one person, who is Christ.

Deuteronomy 33:2

He said: The Lord came from Sinai, and dawned from Seir upon us; he shone forth from Mount Paran. With him were myriads of holy ones; at his right, a host of his own.

Deuteronomy 5:5

(At that time I was standing between the Lord and you to declare to you the words of the Lord; for you were afraid because of the fire and did not go up the mountain.) And he said:

Hebrews 2:2

For if the message declared through angels was valid, and every transgression or disobedience received a just penalty,

Hebrews 2:5

Now God did not subject the coming world, about which we are speaking, to angels.