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19这样说来，律法是为什么有的呢？原是为过犯添上的，等候那蒙应许的子孙来到。并且是藉天使经中保之手设立的。20但中保本不是为一面作的。神却是一位。21这样，律法是与神的应许反对吗？断乎不是。若曾传一个能叫人得生的律法，义就诚然本乎律法了。22但圣经把众人都圈在罪里，使所应许的福因信耶稣基督，归给那信的人。23但这因信得救的理，还未来以先，我们被看守在律法之下，直圈到那将来的真道显明出来。24这样律法是我们训蒙的师傅，引我们到基督那里，使我们因信称义。25但这因信得救的理，既然来到，我们从此就不在师傅的手下了。
19Why, then, was the law given? It was given alongside the promise to show people their sins. But the law was designed to last only until the coming of the child who was promised. God gave his law through angels to Moses, who was the mediator between God and the people. 20Now a mediator is helpful if more than one party must reach an agreement. But God, who is one, did not use a mediator when he gave his promise to Abraham. 21Is there a conflict, then, between God’s law and God’s promises?#3:21 Some manuscripts read and the promises? Absolutely not! If the law could give us new life, we could be made right with God by obeying it. 22But the Scriptures declare that we are all prisoners of sin, so we receive God’s promise of freedom only by believing in Jesus Christ. 23Before the way of faith in Christ was available to us, we were placed under guard by the law. We were kept in protective custody, so to speak, until the way of faith was revealed. 24Let me put it another way. The law was our guardian until Christ came; it protected us until we could be made right with God through faith. 25And now that the way of faith has come, we no longer need the law as our guardian.
