So the law was put in charge of us until Christ came. He came so that we might be made right with God by believing in Christ.

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。

这样，律法是我们的启蒙教师，直到基督来了，好使我们因信称义。

这样，律法是我们的启蒙教师，直到基督来了，好使我们因信称义。

因此，律法是我们的监护人，负责引领我们归向基督，使我们可以因信而被称为义人。

这样，律法成了我们的启蒙教师，领我们到基督那里，使我们可以因信称义。

这样，律法一向是我们的导师，直到基督，好使我们能因信称义。

這樣，律法是我們訓蒙的師傅，引我們到基督那裏，使我們因信稱義。

這樣，律法是我們的啟蒙教師，直到基督來了，好使我們因信稱義。

這樣，律法是我們的啟蒙教師，直到基督來了，好使我們因信稱義。

因此，律法是我們的監護人，負責引領我們歸向基督，使我們可以因信而被稱為義人。

這樣，律法成了我們的啟蒙教師，領我們到基督那裡，使我們可以因信稱義。

這樣，律法就做了我們的童年導師、等候基督來到，使我們由於信得稱為義。

這樣，律法一向是我們的導師，直到基督，好使我們能因信稱義。

如是、律為我儕之塾師引就基督、俾由信而見義、

法為啟蒙之師、引我至基督、使以信稱義、

如是、律法為我啟蒙之師、引我就基督、使由信稱義、

是故律法實為吾人之蒙師、所以引導吾人、達於基督、俾因信德而成義也。

So the law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith.

So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith.

Let 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.

The law, then, was our guardian until Christ, so that we could be justified by faith.

Therefore the Law has become our guardian to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith.

Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

So that the law is become our tutor to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

The law, then, was our guardian until Christ, so that we could be justified by faith.

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

Thus the law had become our guardian until Christ, so that we could be declared righteous by faith.

So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Christ has fulfilled everything the law was meant to do. So now everyone who believes can be right with God.

Here is what we know. No one is made right with God by obeying the law. It is by believing in Jesus Christ. So we too have put our faith in Christ Jesus. This is so we can be made right with God by believing in Christ. We are not made right by obeying the law. That’s because no one can be made right with God by obeying the law.

What a terrible failure I am! Who will save me from this sin that brings death to my body?I give thanks to God who saves me. He saves me through Jesus Christ our Lord. So in my mind I am a slave to God’s law. But sin controls my desires. So I am a slave to the law of sin.

“ My friends, here is what I want you to know. I announce to you that your sins can be forgiven because of what Jesus has done.Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin. Moses’ law could not make you right in God’s eyes.

They are only a shadow of the things to come. But what is real is found in Christ.

The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming. It is not the real things themselves. The same sacrifices have to be offered over and over again. They must be offered year after year. That’s why the law can never make perfect those who come near to worship.If the law could, wouldn’t the sacrifices have stopped being offered? The worshipers would have been made“ clean” once and for all time. They would not have felt guilty for their sins anymore.But those offerings remind people of their sins every year.It isn’t possible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.So when Christ came into the world, he said,“ You didn’t want sacrifices and offerings. Instead, you prepared a body for me.You weren’t pleased with burnt offerings and sin offerings.Then I said,‘ Here I am. It is written about me in the book. I have come to do what you want, my God.’ ”( Psalm 40:6–8)First Christ said,“ You didn’t want sacrifices and offerings. You didn’t want burnt offerings and sin offerings. You weren’t pleased with them.” He said this even though they were offered in keeping with the law.Then he said,“ Here I am. I have come to do what you want.” He did away with the shadow of the good things that were coming. He did it to put in place the good things themselves.We have been made holy by what God wanted. We have been made holy because Jesus Christ offered his body once and for all time.Day after day every priest stands and does his special duties. He offers the same sacrifices again and again. But they can never take away sins.Jesus our priest offered one sacrifice for sins for all time. Then he sat down at the right hand of God.And since that time, he waits for his enemies to be put under his control.By that one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.

People are in charge of the property. And other people are in charge of the children. The children remain under their care until they become adults. At that time their fathers give them the property.It is the same with us. When we were children, we were slaves to the basic spiritual powers of the world.

“ Do not think I have come to get rid of what is written in the Law or in the Prophets. I have not come to do this. Instead, I have come to fulfill what is written.What I’m about to tell you is true. Heaven and earth will disappear before the smallest letter disappears from the Law. Not even the smallest mark of a pen will disappear from the Law until everything is completed.

By the law, I died as far as the law is concerned. I died so that I might live for God.

The old rule is set aside. It was weak and useless.The law didn’t make anything perfect. Now a better hope has been given to us. That hope brings us near to God.

What should we say then? That the law is sinful? Not at all! Yet I wouldn’t have known what sin was unless the law had told me. The law says,“ Do not want what belongs to other people.”( Exodus 20:17; Deuteronomy 5:21) If the law hadn’t said that, I would not have known what it was like to want what belongs to others.But the commandment gave sin an opportunity. Sin caused me to want all kinds of things that belong to others. A person can’t sin by breaking a law if that law doesn’t exist.Before I knew about the law, I was alive. But then the commandment came. Sin came to life, and I died.

Suppose you had 10,000 believers in Christ watching over you. You still wouldn’t have many fathers. I became your father by serving Christ Jesus and telling you the good news.

But now faith in Christ has come. So the law is no longer in charge of us.

Here is what the Holy Spirit was showing us. He was telling us that God had not yet clearly shown the way into the Most Holy Room. It would not be clearly shown as long as the first holy tent was still being used.That’s an example for the present time. It shows us that the gifts and sacrifices people offered were not enough. They were not able to remove the worshiper’s feelings of guilt.They deal only with food and drink and different kinds of special washings. They are rules people had to obey only until the new covenant came.But Christ came to be the high priest of the good things already here now. When he came, he went through the greater and more perfect holy tent. This tent was not made with human hands. In other words, it is not a part of this creation.He did not enter by spilling the blood of goats and calves. He entered the Most Holy Room by spilling his own blood. He did it once and for all time. In this way, he paid the price to set us free from sin forever.The blood of goats and bulls is sprinkled on people. So are the ashes of a young cow. They are sprinkled on people the law called“ unclean.” The people are sprinkled to make them holy. That makes them“ clean” on the outside.But Christ offered himself to God without any flaw. He did this through the power of the eternal Holy Spirit. So how much cleaner will the blood of Christ make us! It washes away our feelings of guilt for committing sin. Sin always leads to death. But now we can serve the living God.That’s why Christ is the go- between of a new covenant. Now those God calls to himself will receive the eternal gift he promised. They will receive it now that Christ has died to save them. He died to set them free from the sins they committed under the first covenant.What happens when someone leaves a will? It is necessary to prove that the person who made the will has died.

So no one will be considered right with God by obeying the law. Instead, the law makes us more aware of our sin.But now God has shown us his saving power without the help of the law. But the Law and the Prophets tell us about this.We are made right with God by putting our faith in Jesus Christ. This happens to all who believe. It is no different for the Jews than for the Gentiles.