Galatians 3:25 Cross References - WPNT

²⁵ Now that the faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.

¹⁴ Really, sin must not rule over you, because you are not under law but under grace.

⁴ Therefore, my brothers, you also were put to death to the law through the body of the Christ so as to belong to another—to Him who was raised from the dead—so that we should produce fruit to God.

¹ To proceed, as long as the heir is a child he is no different from a slave, though he is owner of all, ² but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father. ³ Similarly, when we were children we were in slavery under the basic principles of the world. ⁴ But at just the right time God sent out His Son, born of a woman, born under law, ⁵ so that He might redeem those under law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. ⁶ And because you are sons, God sent out the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, calling, “Abba, Father”.

¹¹ Now then, if there could be perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for on the basis of it the people had received the Law), what further need would there be for a different kind of priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek, rather than being called according to the order of Aaron? ¹² (Because when the priesthood is changed there is also a change of law, of necessity.) ¹³ For He of whom these things are said belongs to a different tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar. ¹⁴ For it is evident that our Lord arose out of Judah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood. ¹⁵ And it all becomes clearer still if a different kind of priest, in the likeness of Melchizedek, appears, ¹⁶ who has come, not on the basis of a law about a physical rule but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life. ¹⁷ Because He testifies: “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.” ¹⁸ You see, there is an annulling of the former rule because of its weakness and uselessness ¹⁹ (for the Law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.

³ Every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices (it follows that it is necessary for this One also to have something He might offer) ⁴ —if He were on earth He would not be a priest, there already being priests who offer the gifts according to the Law; ⁵ who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things (that is why Moses was warned by God when he was ready to assemble the Tabernacle: “See to it,” He says, “that you make everything according to the pattern shown to you on the mountain”)— ⁶ but now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, just as He is Mediator of a better covenant, which was enacted as law on the basis of better promises. ⁷ Now if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for a second one; ⁸ but finding fault with them He says: “Listen! Days are coming,” says the LORD, “when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah — ⁹ not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by my covenant and so I disregarded them,” says the LORD. ¹⁰ “Now this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says the LORD, “I will put my laws into their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God and they will be my people. ¹¹ Further, not one of them will teach his neighbor and not one his brother saying, ‘Get to know the LORD!’ because they all will know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them. ¹² For I will be merciful to their wrongdoings; I will not at all remember their sins and lawless deeds.” ¹³ By saying ‘new’ He has made the first one ‘old’; and what is obsolete and aging is near the end.

¹⁵ Now the Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this, after having foreseen it: ¹⁶ “‘This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days,’ says the LORD, ‘I will put my laws on their hearts and I will write them on their minds, ¹⁷ and I will not at all remember their sins and lawless deeds.’” ¹⁸ Now where there is remission of these, there is no longer an offering for sin.