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Galatians 3:23The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
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23 Πρὸ τοῦ δὲ ἐλθεῖν τὴν πίστιν ὑπὸ νόμον ἐφρουρούμεθα συνκλειόμενοι εἰς τὴν μέλλουσαν πίστιν ἀποκαλυφθῆναι.
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Galatians 3:23King James Version
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23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
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Galatians 3:23American Standard Version
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23 But before faith came, we were kept in ward under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
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Galatians Study Notes—Chapter 3New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
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before the faith arrived: That is, the faith in Jesus Christ.
handed over into custody: Paul has just shown that humans are in “the custody of sin.” (See study note on Ga 3:22.) In this verse, he uses the same Greek word (rendered “handed over into custody”) to emphasize a different point. The Israelites were being guarded by the Mosaic Law, and that Law guided them “to the faith [in Christ] that was about to be revealed.”
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