Galatians 3:19-25 Why the Law then? It was added because of transgressions, having been ordained through angels by the agency of a mediator, until the seed would come to whom the promise had been made.

Common⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁹ Why the Law then? It was added because of transgressions, having been ordained through angels by the agency of a mediator, until the seed would come to whom the promise had been made. ²⁰ Now a mediator does not represent just one party; but God is one. ²¹ Is the law then opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given which could impart life, then righteousness would indeed have come by the law. ²² But the Scripture has bound everyone under sin, so that that what was promised by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. ²³ Now before faith came, we were bound under the law, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed. ²⁴ So the law was our tutor to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. ²⁵ But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.