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Galatians 3:23

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 23 However, before the faith arrived, we were being guarded under law, being handed over into custody, looking to the faith that was about to be revealed.+

Galatians 3:23

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 23 However, before the faith arrived,+ we were being guarded under law,+ being delivered up together into custody, looking to the faith that was destined to be revealed.+

Galatians 3:23

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 23 Πρὸ Before τοῦ the δὲ but ἐλθεῖν to come τὴν the πίστιν faith ὑπὸ under νόμον law ἐφρουρούμεθα we were being kept under watch συνκλειόμενοι being shut up together εἰς into τὴν the μέλλουσαν being about πίστιν faith ἀποκαλυφθῆναι. to be revealed.

Galatians 3:23

King James Version
- 23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

Galatians 3:23

American Standard Version
- 23 But before faith came, we were kept in ward under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

Galatians 3:23

The Bible in Living English
- 23 * But before faith came we were kept in custody under the law, shut up to be ready for the faith that was going to be revealed,

Galatians Study Notes—Chapter 3

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 3:23
  
  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.”