American Standard Version (ASV):
So that the law is become our tutor [to bring us] unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
King James Version (KJV):
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster [to bring us] unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
American Standard Version (ASV):
But the scriptures shut up all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
King James Version (KJV):
But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
American Standard Version (ASV):
But before faith came, we were kept in ward under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
King James Version (KJV):
But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Now a mediator is not [a mediator] of one; but God is one.
King James Version (KJV):
Now a mediator is not [a mediator] of one, but God is one.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could make alive, verily righteousness would have been of the law.
King James Version (KJV):
[Is] the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
American Standard Version (ASV):
For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise: but God hath granted it to Abraham by promise.
King James Version (KJV):
For if the inheritance [be] of the law, [it is] no more of promise: but God gave [it] to Abraham by promise.
American Standard Version (ASV):
What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise hath been made; [and it was] ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.
King James Version (KJV):
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.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
King James Version (KJV):
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.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Now this I say: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of none effect.
King James Version (KJV):
And this I say, [that] the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
American Standard Version (ASV):
that upon the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
King James Version (KJV):
That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.