Catholic Public Domain Version
"So then, was the law contrary to the promises of God? Let it not be so! For if a law had been given, which was able to give life, truly justice would be of the law. "
— Galatians 3:21, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.”
“Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could make alive, verily righteousness would have been of the law. ”
“Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could make alive, most certainly righteousness would have been of the law.”
“Is the law therefore opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.”
“Was the law then against the promises of God: God forbid! For if there had been a law given which could give life, verily justice should have been by the law.”
“Is the law then against the words of God? in no way; because if there had been a law which was able to give life, truly righteousness would have been by the law.”
“Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.”
For if the inheritance is of the law, then it is no longer of the promise. But God bestowed it to Abraham through the promise.
Why, then, was there a law? It was established because of transgressions, until the offspring would arrive, to whom he made the promise, ordained by Angels through the hand of a mediator.
Now a mediator is not of one, yet God is one.
So then, was the law contrary to the promises of God? Let it not be so! For if a law had been given, which was able to give life, truly justice would be of the law.
But Scripture has enclosed everything under sin, so that the promise, by the faith of Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.
But before the faith arrived, we were preserved by being enclosed under the law, unto that faith which was to be revealed.
And so the law was our guardian in Christ, in order that we might be justified by faith.