Galatians 3:19

Weymouth NT

Why then was the Law given? It was imposed later on for the sake of defining sin, until the seed should come to whom God had made the promise; and its details were laid down by a mediator with the help of angels.

Cross References

Luke 16:31

»`If they are deaf to Moses and the Prophets,' replied Abraham, `they would not be led to believe even if some one should rise from the dead.'«

John 1:17

For the Law 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 have had no sin; but as the case stands they are without excuse for their sin.«

Acts 7:38

`This is he who was among the Congregation in the Desert, together with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai and with our forefathers, who received ever-living utterances to hand on to us.

Acts 7:53

you who received the Law given through angels, and yet have not obeyed it.«

Romans 2:13

It is not those that merely hear the Law read who are righteous in the sight of God, but it is those that obey the Law who will be pronounced righteous.

Romans 4:15

For the Law inflicts punishment; but where no Law exists, there can be no violation of Law.

Galatians 3:16

(Now the promises were given to Abraham and to his seed. God did not say »and to seeds,« as if speaking of many, but »and to your seed,« since He spoke of only one–and this is Christ.)

Hebrews 2:2

For if the message delivered through angels proved to be true, and every transgression and act of disobedience met with just retribution,

Hebrews 2:5

It is not to angels that God has assigned the sovereignty of that coming world, of which we speak.