Lectionary Calendar
Wednesday, July 16th, 2025
the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
Attention!
For 10¢ a day you can enjoy StudyLight.org ads
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!

Read the Bible

Simplified Cowboy Version

Galatians 3:25

Now that Jesus came, we don't need a prison guard anymore.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Faith;   Instruction;   Salvation;   School;   Works;   Scofield Reference Index - Holy Spirit;   Law;   Law of Moses;   Schoolmaster;   The Topic Concordance - Faith/faithfulness;   Law;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Promise;   Schoolmaster;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Adoption;   Education;   Law;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Freedom;   Slave, Slavery;   Worship;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Man;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Schoolmaster;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Christianity;   Hebrews, the Epistle to the;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Custodian;   Galatians, Letter to the;   Guardian;   Mediator;   Schoolmaster;   Torah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - James, Epistle of;   School, Schoolmaster;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Ephesians Epistle to the;   Faith;   Faith ;   Galatians Epistle to the;   Law;   Promise;   Righteousness;   Will;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Law of Moses;   Schoolmaster,;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Abram;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Law;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Law of Moses, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ethics;   Galatians, Epistle to the;   Tutor;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for March 26;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But since that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian,
King James Version (1611)
But after that Faith is come, we are no longer vnder a Schoolemaster.
King James Version
But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
English Standard Version
But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian,
New American Standard Bible
But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.
New Century Version
Now the way of faith has come, and we no longer live under a guardian.
Amplified Bible
But now that faith has come, we are no longer under [the control and authority of] a tutor and disciplinarian.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.
Legacy Standard Bible
But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.
Berean Standard Bible
Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.
Contemporary English Version
But once a person has learned to have faith, there is no more need to have the Law as a teacher.
Complete Jewish Bible
But now that the time for this trusting faithfulness has come, we are no longer under a custodian.
Darby Translation
But, faith having come, we are no longer under a tutor;
Easy-to-Read Version
Now that the way of faith has come, we no longer need the law to be our guardian.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But after that faith is come, we are no longer vnder a scholemaster.
George Lamsa Translation
But since faith has come, we no longer are in need of the pathfinder.
Good News Translation
Now that the time for faith is here, the Law is no longer in charge of us.
Lexham English Bible
But after faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.
Literal Translation
But faith coming, we are no longer under a trainer;
American Standard Version
But now that faith is come, we are no longer under a tutor.
Bible in Basic English
But now that faith is come, we are no longer under a servant.
Hebrew Names Version
But now that faith is come, we are no longer under a tutor.
International Standard Version
But now that this faith has come, we are no longer under the control of a guardian.
Etheridge Translation
But faith being come, we are not under the conductor.
Murdock Translation
But the faith having come, we are not under the monitor.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But after that fayth is come, we are no longer vnder a scholemaister.
English Revised Version
But now that faith is come, we are no longer under a tutor.
World English Bible
But now that faith is come, we are no longer under a tutor.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But faith being come, we are no longer under a school-master.
Weymouth's New Testament
But now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor-slave.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But aftir that bileue cam, we ben not now vndur the vndurmaistir.
Update Bible Version
But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.
Webster's Bible Translation
But after faith is come, we are no longer under a school-master.
New English Translation
But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.
New King James Version
But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.
New Living Translation
And now that the way of faith has come, we no longer need the law as our guardian.
New Life Bible
Now that our faith is in Christ, we do not need the Law to lead us.
New Revised Standard
But now that faith has come, we are no longer subject to a disciplinarian,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, the faith having come, no longer, are we, under a tutor; -
Douay-Rheims Bible
But after the faith is come, we are no longer under a pedagogue.
Revised Standard Version
But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a custodian;
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
But after yt fayth is come now are we no lenger vnder a scolemaster.
Young's Literal Translation
and the faith having come, no more under a child-conductor are we,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But now that faith is come, we are nomore vnder the scolemaster.
Mace New Testament (1729)
but now faith being come, we are no longer under a pedagogue.
THE MESSAGE
But now you have arrived at your destination: By faith in Christ you are in direct relationship with God. Your baptism in Christ was not just washing you up for a fresh start. It also involved dressing you in an adult faith wardrobe—Christ's life, the fulfillment of God's original promise.

Contextual Overview

19So, what good was the Code? It was to show us how often we do wrong things. These rules would continue until the special cowboy came along—the child of Abraham. The Code was given through angels to Moses. And Moses was the middleman between God and his people. 20A middleman is needed when two sides must reach an agreement. But remember, God didn't use a middleman when he gave his promise to Abraham. 21So, is it possible things don't line up between the code God gave and the promise he gave to Abraham? Absolutely not! If the Code could grant us eternal life, then we would have it by being good at following rules. 22But the Good Book says we are all slaves to sin. We are only freed from sin by our faith in Jesus, not by following rules. 23Before Jesus came to set us free, we had a strict nanny called the code of Moses. It was for our protection until Jesus came. 24Here's another way of looking at it. The Law was like a prison guard until Jesus came. It kept us safe, but locked away until Jesus could make us right with God and set us free. 25Now that Jesus came, we don't need a prison guard anymore. 26Every single one of us is one of God's kids if we believe in Jesus and ride for his brand. 27Every cowboy who has been dunked in baptism is riding with Christ. It's a new way of life. A life we couldn't get on our own. 28There are no more labels like Jew or Gentile. There are no more prisoners or free men. There isn't even male or female in God's eyes. We are all equal in the sight of God through his son.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

faith: Galatians 3:23

we: Galatians 4:1-6, Romans 6:14, Romans 7:4, Hebrews 7:11-19, Hebrews 8:3-13, Hebrews 10:15-18

Reciprocal: Romans 3:29 - General Romans 5:1 - being Galatians 3:19 - till Galatians 3:24 - the law Galatians 4:3 - when Galatians 5:1 - the liberty

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But after that faith is come,.... That is, since Christ the object of faith is come in the flesh, and has fulfilled the law, and redeemed them that were under it from its bondage, curse, and condemnation:

we are no longer under a schoolmaster; under the law as such; as no longer under it as a military guard, nor in it as a prison, so neither under it as a schoolmaster; not needing its instructions, or its discipline; since Christ is come as a prophet to teach and instruct, as a priest to atone for sin, and make intercession for transgressors, and as a King to rule and govern; in whose hands, and not in the hands of Moses, the law now is, as a rule of walk and conversation.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But after that faith is come - The scheme of salvation by faith. After that is revealed; see the note at Galatians 3:23.

We are no longer under a schoolmaster - Under the poedagogus, or pedagogue. We are not kept in restraint, and under bondage, and led along to another to receive instruction. We are directly under the great Teacher, the Instructor himself; and have a kind of freedom which we were not allowed before. The bondage and servitude have passed away; and we are free from the burdensome ceremonies and expensive rites (compare the note at Acts 15:10) of the Jewish law, and from the sense of condemnation which it imposes. This was true of the converts from Judaism to Christianity - that they became free from the burdensome rites of the Law and it is true of all converts to the faith of Christ, that, having been made to see their sin by the Law, and having been conducted by it to the cross of the Redeemer, they are now made free.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 25. But, after that faith is come — When Christ was manifested in the flesh, and the Gospel was preached, we were no longer under the pedagogue; we came to Christ, learned of him, became wise unto salvation, had our fruit unto holiness, and the end eternal life.

It is worthy of remark that, as ὁ νομος, the LAW, is used by St. Paul to signify, not only the law, properly so called, but the whole of the Mosaic economy, so ἡ πιστις, the FAITH, is used by him to express, not merely the act of believing in Christ, but the whole of the Gospel.


 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile