Galatians 3:21, Galatians 3:22 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Galatians 3:21-22

Galatians 3:21-22. Is the law then Which requires perfect obedience, and subjects all that in any respect violate it, to the curse, against, or contrary to, the promises of God Wherein he declares that he will justify men by faith? God forbid That we should intimate any thing of that kind! On the contrary, it was intended to be subservient to the promise, by leading those who were under it to a higher and better dispensation, by subjecting them to the curse, without giving them the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Galatians 3:15-22

God’s law and God’s promise (3:15-22)Paul then adds an illustration to show that God’s basis for justification (which, from the beginning, was faith) was not changed by the law. When people sign an important document, no one can alter its contents; when God makes a covenant, he does not change it (15). God made a promise that through the offspring (singular) of Abraham all peoples would be blessed. This was fulfilled in Christ, who gives salvation to all who have faith in him (16). The law,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Galatians 3:21

against . Greek. kata . App-104 . God forbid . See Galatians 2:17 . given life . Greek. zoopoieo . See John 6:63 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Galatians 3:21

Is the Law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there could have been a Law given which could make alive, verily righteousness would have been of the Law.The impossibility of even God's Law making people righteous derived from the weakness and frailty of human beings. The helplessness of mankind is implicit in this, that man alone unaided, is simply incapable of fully measuring up to God's perfect and holy standard. Glorious is the thought, therefore, that Christ did it for all... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Galatians 3:21

Galatians 3:21. Which could have given life,— Which could have put into a state of life. The word Ζωοποιησαι signifies, to make alive: St. Paul considers all men here as in a mortal state; and to be put out of that mortal state into a state of life, he calls being made alive. He says the law could not do this, because, it could not confer righteousness. By the law, means, by works, or obedience to that law, which tended towards righteousness as well as the promise, but was not able to reach to,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Galatians 3:21

21. "Is the law (which involves a mediator) against the promises of God (which are without a mediator, and rest on God alone and immediately)? God forbid." life—The law, as an externally prescribed rule, can never internally impart spiritual life to men naturally dead in sin, and change the disposition. If the law had been a law capable of giving life, "verily (in very reality, and not in the mere fancy of legalists) righteousness would have been by the law (for where life is, there... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 3:15-29

3. The logical argument 3:15-29Paul continued his argument that God justifies Christians by faith alone by showing the logical fallacy of relying on the Law. He did this to answer the legalists and to clarify the distinction between works and faith as ways of salvation (i.e., justification, sanctification, and glorification). He continued to base his argument on the biblical revelation of Abraham. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 3:19-22

The purpose of the Law 3:19-22 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 3:21-22

Do the Law and the promises contradict each other? Never! God designed them for two different purposes. The purpose of the Law was never to provide justification. It served as a mirror to show people their sinfulness and that they are the slaves of sin. When they realize they cannot save themselves, they will be open to receiving salvation as a gift by faith."God always intended to save by faith, apart from law. God gave the law, but he gave it in order that it would condemn all and thus... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Galatians 3:21

3:21 able (d-21) Or 'such as was able to quicken,' an emphatic phrase. read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Galatians 3:21-22

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Galatians 3:15-22

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Galatians 3:21

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Galatians 3:21

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Galatians 3:21

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Galatians 3:21

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 3:15-29

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 3:19-22

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 3:21-22

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Galatians 3:21

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