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guardian,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/galatians/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/galatians/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And faith having come, we are no longer under a trainer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/galatians/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/galatians/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/galatians/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/galatians/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/galatians/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/galatians/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/galatians/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But now that faith has come, we are no longer under [the control and authority of] a tutor <i>and</i> disciplinarian.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/galatians/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But since that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/galatians/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But since that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/galatians/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But now that faith is come, we are no longer under a tutor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/galatians/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But once a person has learned to have faith, there is no more need to have the Law as a teacher. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/galatians/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But now that faith is come, we are no longer under a tutor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/galatians/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />But now that this faith has come, we are no longer under the control of a guardian.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/galatians/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Now that the time for faith is here, the Law is no longer in charge of us. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/galatians/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But now that faith has come about, we are no longer under a guardian.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/galatians/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/galatians/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/galatians/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But after faith is come, we are no longer under a school-master.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/galatians/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />But now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor-slave.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/galatians/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/galatians/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/galatians/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and faith having come, we are no longer under a tutor,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/galatians/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And faith having come, we are no longer under a trainer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/galatians/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and the faith having come, no more under a child-conductor are we,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/galatians/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And faith having come, we are no more under a preceptor.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/galatians/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But after the faith is come, we are no longer under a pedagogue. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/galatians/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But now that faith has arrived, we are no longer under a guardian.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/galatians/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a disciplinarian.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/galatians/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But now that faith has come, we are no longer subject to a disciplinarian,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/galatians/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But since faith has come, we no longer are in need of the pathfinder.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/galatians/3.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />But when the faith came we were not under a guide.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/galatians/3.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />But since the faith has come, we are no longer under a pedagogue:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/galatians/3.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />but faith having come, we are no longer under the schoolmaster.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/galatians/3.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />But when faith was come, we were no longer under a p锟絛agogue.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/galatians/3.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />but now faith being come, we are no longer under a pedagogue.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/galatians/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />But now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor-slave.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/galatians/3.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />But the faith having come, we are no longer under a tutor;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/galatians/3.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />But now faith is come we are no longer under a pedagogue.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/galatians/3-25.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jv8Ri4CeT34?start=667" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/galatians/3.htm">The Purpose of the Law</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">24</span>So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. <span class="reftext">25</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">Now</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">that</a> <a href="/greek/4102.htm" title="4102: pisteōs (N-GFS) -- Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness. ">faith</a> <a href="/greek/2064.htm" title="2064: elthousēs (V-APA-GFS) -- To come, go. ">has come,</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: esmen (V-PIA-1P) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">we are</a> <a href="/greek/3765.htm" title="3765: ouketi (Adv) -- No longer, no more. Also ouk eti from ou and eti; not yet, no longer.">no longer</a> <a href="/greek/5259.htm" title="5259: hypo (Prep) -- A primary preposition; under, i.e. of place, or with verbs; of place (underneath) or where (below) or time (when).">under</a> <a href="/greek/3807.htm" title="3807: paidagōgon (N-AMS) -- A boy's guardian or tutor, a slave who had charge of the life and morals of the boys of a family, not strictly a teacher. ">a guardian.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">26</span>You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/6-14.htm">Romans 6:14</a></span><br />For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/10-4.htm">Romans 10:4</a></span><br />For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/8-13.htm">Hebrews 8:13</a></span><br />By speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/2-14.htm">Colossians 2:14</a></span><br />having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/2-15.htm">Ephesians 2:15</a></span><br />by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-7.htm">2 Corinthians 3:7-11</a></span><br />Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory, / will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? / For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness! ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/7-4.htm">Romans 7:4-6</a></span><br />Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God. / For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death. / But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-17.htm">John 1:17</a></span><br />For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/7-18.htm">Hebrews 7:18-19</a></span><br />So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless / (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-2.htm">Romans 8:2</a></span><br />For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-31.htm">Jeremiah 31:31-34</a></span><br />Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. / It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD. / “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/36-26.htm">Ezekiel 36:26-27</a></span><br />I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. / And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-1.htm">Hebrews 10:1</a></span><br />For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-17.htm">Matthew 5:17-18</a></span><br />Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them. / For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-21.htm">Romans 3:21-22</a></span><br />But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets. / And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.</p><p class="hdg">faith.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/galatians/3-23.htm">Galatians 3:23</a></b></br> But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.</p><p class="hdg">we.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/galatians/4-1.htm">Galatians 4:1-6</a></b></br> Now I say, <i>That</i> the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/6-14.htm">Romans 6:14</a></b></br> For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/7-4.htm">Romans 7:4</a></b></br> Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, <i>even</i> to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/galatians/3-24.htm">Custodian</a> <a href="/galatians/3-24.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/galatians/2-20.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/galatians/3-24.htm">Schoolmaster</a> <a href="/galatians/3-24.htm">School-Master</a> <a href="/galatians/3-24.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/25-6.htm">Supervision</a> <a href="/galatians/3-24.htm">Tutor</a> <a href="/galatians/3-24.htm">Tutor-Slave</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/galatians/3-24.htm">Custodian</a> <a href="/galatians/3-26.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/galatians/4-7.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/romans/2-20.htm">Schoolmaster</a> <a href="/galatians/3-24.htm">School-Master</a> <a href="/galatians/3-28.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/numbers/8-22.htm">Supervision</a> <a href="/galatians/3-24.htm">Tutor</a> <a href="/galatians/3-24.htm">Tutor-Slave</a><div class="vheading2">Galatians 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/galatians/3-1.htm">He asks what moved them to leave the faith, and hold onto the law.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/galatians/3-6.htm">Those who believe are justified,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/galatians/3-9.htm">and blessed with Abraham.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/galatians/3-10.htm">And this he shows by many reasons.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/galatians/3-15.htm">The purpose of the Law</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/galatians/3-26.htm">You are sons of God</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/galatians/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/galatians/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/galatians/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Now that faith has come</b><br>This phrase signifies a pivotal transition in the believer's relationship with God. The coming of faith refers to the arrival of the new covenant through Jesus Christ, which fulfills the promises made in the Old Testament. This faith is not merely intellectual assent but a deep trust in the redemptive work of Christ. The concept of faith here is rooted in the Abrahamic covenant, where Abraham's belief was credited to him as righteousness (<a href="/genesis/15-6.htm">Genesis 15:6</a>). The coming of faith marks the end of the law's role as a custodian, as faith in Christ now provides the means for justification and righteousness (<a href="/romans/3-22.htm">Romans 3:22</a>).<p><b>we are no longer under a guardian</b><br>The term "guardian" refers to the law, which served as a tutor or custodian until Christ came. In the Greco-Roman world, a guardian was responsible for the care and discipline of a child until they reached maturity. Similarly, the Mosaic Law was intended to guide and protect God's people, revealing sin and pointing towards the need for a Savior (<a href="/galatians/3-24.htm">Galatians 3:24</a>). With the advent of Christ, believers are no longer under the law's supervision because they have reached spiritual maturity through faith. This transition from law to grace is a central theme in Paul's epistles, emphasizing that salvation is by faith alone, not by works of the law (<a href="/ephesians/2-8.htm">Ephesians 2:8-9</a>). The liberation from the law's guardianship underscores the believer's new identity as a child of God, fully adopted into His family through Christ (<a href="/galatians/4-4.htm">Galatians 4:4-7</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a></b><br>The author of the letter to the Galatians, addressing the early Christian communities in the region of Galatia.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/galatians.htm">Galatians</a></b><br>The recipients of the letter, a group of early Christians in the region of Galatia, who were struggling with the influence of Judaizers insisting on adherence to the Mosaic Law.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_law.htm">The Law (Torah)</a></b><br>Refers to the Mosaic Law, which served as a "guardian" or "tutor" until the coming of Christ and the establishment of faith.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_christ.htm">Faith in Christ</a></b><br>The new covenant established through Jesus Christ, which supersedes the old covenant of the Law.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/judaizers.htm">Judaizers</a></b><br>A group within the early church advocating for the necessity of following Jewish laws and customs, including circumcision, for salvation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/f/freedom_from_the_law.htm">Freedom from the Law</a></b><br>Believers are no longer bound by the ceremonial and civil aspects of the Mosaic Law. This freedom is not a license to sin but a call to live by the Spirit.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_faith.htm">Role of Faith</a></b><br>Faith in Christ is the means by which we are justified and made righteous before God. It is the foundation of our relationship with Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_maturity.htm">Spiritual Maturity</a></b><br>Just as a child matures and no longer needs a guardian, Christians are called to mature in their faith, relying on the guidance of the Holy Spirit.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/unity_in_christ.htm">Unity in Christ</a></b><br>The removal of the law as a guardian emphasizes the unity of all believers in Christ, regardless of ethnic or cultural backgrounds.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_by_the_spirit.htm">Living by the Spirit</a></b><br>With the law no longer as our guardian, we are called to live by the Spirit, producing the fruit of the Spirit in our lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_galatians_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Galatians 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_main_message_of_galatians.htm">What is the main message of Galatians?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'not_under_the_law'_mean.htm">What does 'not under the law' mean for Christians?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_1_cor_9_9_and_9_21_align.htm">In 1 Corinthians 9, Paul appeals to the Old Testament law (v.9) yet speaks of being under 'Christ's law' (v.21); how can skeptics be convinced there is no conflict between these two references?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_the_law_for_the_lawless.htm">In 1 Timothy 1:8–9, why is the law described as mainly for the lawless when other passages emphasize its value for all believers? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/galatians/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(25-29) But now the Law has been exchanged for the dispensation of faith. Henceforth the old state of pupilage is at an end. We are no longer like children, but adult members of the divine family--<span class= "ital">sons</span> of God. We have entered into this relation by faith in Christ. For to be baptised into Christ is to enter into the closest possible relation to Him. It is to be identified with Him entirely. Nor is any excluded. The old barriers of race, status, and even sex, are done away. Through their relation to Christ, all Christians, as it were, unite to form a single man. They are a body animated by a single personality and will. And their relation to Christ stamps them as the true descendants of Abraham. In them is the promise of the Messianic blessing fulfilled.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/galatians/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 25.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">But after that faith is come</span> (<span class="greek">ἐλθούσης δὲ τῆς πίστεως</span>); <span class="accented">but now that Faith hath come</span>; this white-robed, joy-bringing angel of deliverance! (see note on the words, in ver. 23, "before faith came"). <span class="cmt_word">We are no longer under a</span> <span class="cmt_word">schoolmaster</span> (<span class="greek">οὐκέτι ὐπὸ παιδαγωγόν ἐσμεν</span>); we <span class="accented">are no longer under a keeper of our childhood.</span> When a child becomes of age, as determined by his father's arrangement, the <span class="accented">paedagogus's</span> function, of course, ceases; so also when we(God's collective people)became believers in Christ, we had reached the era appointed by our Father for our coming of age, and the Law lost all hold upon us. This triumphant conclusion is based upon the premiss that the Law was the <span class="accented">paeda-gogus</span> of God's people, and nothing more. This premiss is itself proved true to the apostle's conviction, by the very nature of the case. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/galatians/3-25.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">Now</span><br /><span class="grk">δὲ</span> <span class="translit">(de)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary particle; but, and, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[that]</span><br /><span class="grk">τῆς</span> <span class="translit">(tēs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Genitive Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">faith</span><br /><span class="grk">πίστεως</span> <span class="translit">(pisteōs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4102.htm">Strong's 4102: </a> </span><span class="str2">Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">has come,</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐλθούσης</span> <span class="translit">(elthousēs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Genitive Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2064.htm">Strong's 2064: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come, go. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">we are</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐσμεν</span> <span class="translit">(esmen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> </span><span class="str2">I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">no longer</span><br /><span class="grk">οὐκέτι</span> <span class="translit">(ouketi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3765.htm">Strong's 3765: </a> </span><span class="str2">No longer, no more. Also ouk eti from ou and eti; not yet, no longer.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">under</span><br /><span class="grk">ὑπὸ</span> <span class="translit">(hypo)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5259.htm">Strong's 5259: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary preposition; under, i.e. of place, or with verbs; of place (underneath) or where (below) or time (when).</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a guardian.</span><br /><span class="grk">παιδαγωγόν</span> <span class="translit">(paidagōgon)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3807.htm">Strong's 3807: </a> </span><span class="str2">A boy's guardian or tutor, a slave who had charge of the life and morals of the boys of a family, not strictly a teacher. </span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/galatians/3-25.htm">Galatians 3:25 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/galatians/3-25.htm">Galatians 3:25 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/galatians/3-25.htm">Galatians 3:25 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/galatians/3-25.htm">Galatians 3:25 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/galatians/3-25.htm">Galatians 3:25 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/galatians/3-25.htm">Galatians 3:25 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/galatians/3-25.htm">Galatians 3:25 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/galatians/3-25.htm">Galatians 3:25 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/galatians/3-25.htm">Galatians 3:25 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/galatians/3-25.htm">Galatians 3:25 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/galatians/3-25.htm">NT Letters: Galatians 3:25 But now that faith has come we (Gal. 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