Christ ended the law so that every person that believes in him is made right with God.
Galatians 3:24 - Easy To Read Version So the law was our master until Christ came. After Christ came, we could be made right with God through faith. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So that the Law served [to us Jews] as our trainer [our guardian, our guide to Christ, to lead us] until Christ [came], that we might be justified (declared righteous, put in right standing with God) by and through faith. American Standard Version (1901) So that the law is become our tutor to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. Common English Bible so that the Law became our custodian until Christ so that we might be made righteous by faith. Catholic Public Domain Version And so the law was our guardian in Christ, in order that we might be justified by faith. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Wherefore the law was our pedagogue in Christ, that we might be justified by faith. |
Christ ended the law so that every person that believes in him is made right with God.
So what does all this mean? It means this: That the non-Jews were not trying to make themselves right with God. But they were made right with God. They became right because of their faith.
You may have 10,000 teachers in Christ, but you don’t have many fathers. Through the Good News {\cf2\super [27]} I became your father in Christ Jesus.
We know that a person is not made right with God by following the law. {\cf2\super [18]} No! It is trusting in Jesus Christ that makes a person right with God. So we have put our faith in Christ Jesus, because we wanted to be made right with God. And we are right with God because we trusted in Christ—not because we followed the law. \{This is true\} because no person can be made right with God by following the law.
I stopped living for the law. It was the law that killed me. I died to the law so that I can now live for God. I (my old life) was killed on the cross with Christ.
In the past, these things were like a shadow that showed what was coming. But the new things that were coming are found in Christ.