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Galatians 4 English Standard Version (ESV)

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Galatians 4 English Standard Version (ESV) The big thing to remember here is our context goes back to Galatians 2:15. We have already gone over chapters two and three. Where we left off was that the law was our schoolmaster, our guide as it were something to lead us to the new birth. A road to righteousness we could never truly follow because there was no way to make it work because of our sin nature. Galatians 3:2 1 Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law. If God could have brought righteousness by the law he would have. It is also stated that “no flesh shall be justified by the law”. Galatians 3: 14 He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit. Galatians 2:16 know that a person is not justified by the works...