Galatians 3:19
What, then, was the law for? It was added because of transgressions, and only until the offspring should come, the one to whom the promise was made. Angels set it in order, and it came through the hand of a mediator.
Treated in 5 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- The Bondage of the Will ·
Discussion: Part the First cites Gal. iii. 19
…For this, as Paul teaches, is the intent of the divine legislation. (Rom. iii. 20; v. 20. Gal. iii. 19, 24.) Because human nature is blind, so that it knows not its own powers, or rather its…
- The Bondage of the Will ·
Discussion: Part the Third cites Gal. iii. 19
…because of transgressions, until the Seed should come, to whom the promise was made.” (Gal. iii. 19). He saith, “because of transgressions;” not, however, to restrain them, as Jerome…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 5 — The Arguments Usually Alleged in Support of Free Will Refuted cites Gal. 3:19
…“I had not known sin but by the law;” “the law entered that the offence might abound?” (Gal. 3:19; Rom. 3:20; 7:7; 5:20). Is it meant that the Law was to be limited to our strength, lest…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 7 — The Law Given, Not to Retain a People for Itself, but to Keep Alive the Hope of Salvation in Christ Until His Advent cites Gal. 3:19
…burden. In another place, he says that the Law “was added because of transgressions,” (Gal. 3:19), that it might humble men under a sense of their condemnation. Moreover, inasmuch as…
- The Way Into the Holiest ·
Drifting cites Gal. iii. 19
…belief also that the Law was given through angels (Deut. xxxiii. 2 ; Acts vii. 53; Gal. iii. 19 ; Heb. ii. 2). And the thought that these strong and sinless beings were the medium of…