Thus the law had become our guardian ¹  until Christ, so that we could be declared righteous ²  by faith.

biblegateway Gal 3:24

Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith.

The law, then, was our guardian until Christ, so that we could be justified by faith.

So then, the law became our guardian until Christ, in order that we could be justified by faith.

biblegateway Gal 3:24

So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith.

So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith.

bibleoremus Gal 3:24

Therefore the law was our disciplinarian until Christ came, so that we might be justified by faith.

The law was thus put in charge of us until Christ should come, when we should be justified through faith;

biblegateway Gal 3:24

Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster [to bring us] unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

biblegateway Gal 3:24

Thus the law had become our guardian ¹  until Christ, so that we could be declared righteous ²  by faith.

¹ tn Or “disciplinarian,” “custodian,” or “guide.” According to BDAG 748 s.v. παιδαγωγός, “the man, usu. a slave…whose duty it was to conduct a boy or youth…to and from school and to superintend his conduct gener.; he was not a ‘teacher’ (despite the present mng. of the derivative ‘pedagogue’…When the young man became of age, the π. was no longer needed.” L&N 36.5 gives “guardian, leader, guide” here.

² tn Or “be justified.”