Galatians 3:17-24 now this I say that the law which was four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul a covenant ratified by God for Christ, so as to put a stop to the promise.

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ now this I say that the law which was four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul a covenant ratified by God for Christ, so as to put a stop to the promise. ¹⁸ For if the inheritance be by law, it is no longer by promise; but God granted it freely by promise. ¹⁹ To what purpose then was the law? [b] On the account of transgressions it was superadded until the seed should come, to whom the promise was made; and it was introduced through angels by the hand of a mediator; ²⁰ but this mediator was not of one party. [a] But God is one party; ²¹ is then the law against the promises of God? [b] No by no means; for if a law had been given which could have put into a state of life, righteousness would assuredly have been by law. ²² But the scripture hath shut all up under sin, that the promise for belief in Jesus Christ might be granted to them who believe. ²³ Now before this belief came, we were under the custody of law, shut up together for the future belief to be revealed. ²⁴ So that the law was our tutor to guide us to Christ, that we might be justified for belief.