Galatians 3:22

Scripture confined everything under sin so that the promise might be given to those who believe in Jesus Christ. Sin's universality drives sinners to faith in Christ.

Cross-references · 30

• Rom 11:32For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
• Heb 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 receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
• John 11:25–26Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
• Gal 3:23But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
• 1 Jn 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 Jn 3:23–24And 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.
• Rom 3:9–20What 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;
• Rom 5:20–21Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
• Ps 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.
• John 20:31But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
• Mark 16:16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
• Rom 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:
• 2 Pet 1:4Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
• Gal 3:29And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
• 2 Tim 1:1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,
• Rom 3:23For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
• 2 Pet 3:13Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
• Acts 16:31And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
• John 6:40And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
• 1 Jn 5:11–13And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
• Gal 3:8–10And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
• Rom 4:11–16And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
• Gal 3:17And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
• Heb 6:13–17For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
• Gal 3:14That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
• Rom 10:9That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
• John 3:15–18That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

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