Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in Galatians 3:22

“But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.”

Galatians 3:22 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Galatians 3:22, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of Galatians 3. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.

21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.

22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

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

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • Romans 11:32For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
  • Hebrews 9:15And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might …
  • John 11:25Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
  • Galatians 3:23But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
  • 1 John 2:25And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
  • John 3:36He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
  • 1 John 3:23And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
  • Romans 3:9What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
  • Romans 5:20Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
  • Psalms 143:2And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
  • John 12:46I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
  • John 5:24Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
  • 1 John 5:11And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
  • Romans 5:12Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

More to meet God in Galatians

Galatians 5:22Galatians 2:20Galatians 6:9Galatians 5:1Galatians 6:2Galatians 1:4Galatians 3:14Galatians 3:13Galatians 4:4Galatians 2:16Galatians 3:17Galatians 1:7Galatians 6:1Galatians 3:1

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.