Galatians 3:19

Galatians · New Testament · Chapter 3

“Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.”Galatians 3:19

What Does Galatians 3:19 Mean?

Galatians 3:19 is found in the book of Galatians, chapter 3, verse 19 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Galatians 3:19 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Acts 7:53“Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.”1 Timothy 1:9“Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,”Romans 7:7“What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.”Hebrews 2:2“For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;”Romans 5:20“Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:”Galatians 3:16“Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.”1 Timothy 1:8“But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;”Romans 4:15“Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.”Romans 3:19“Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.”Deuteronomy 5:5“(I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,”Acts 7:38“This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:”Deuteronomy 9:13“Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:”Deuteronomy 33:2“And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.”John 15:22“If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.”Romans 2:13“(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.”Romans 3:1“What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?”Galatians 3:23“But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.”Deuteronomy 18:18“I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.”John 1:17“For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.”Acts 6:14“For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.”

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