Galatians 3:21-25

21 So does God's Law work against God's promises? No, certainly that is not true! It is not possible for the rules of any law to give us life with God. If that were possible, then God would have accepted us as right if we obeyed those rules. 22 But the Bible says that sin has power over everyone. Nobody can be free from that. This means that we can only receive what God has promised when we trust Jesus Christ. God gives his promise to those who believe.

23 Before God showed us the way of faith, the Law had authority over us. God's Law kept us safe, until God showed us that we must believe in Christ. 24 God's Law was like our guide. It kept us safe until Christ came. Then God could accept us as right because we trusted Christ. 25 But the way of faith in Christ has now come. So we do not need God's Law to keep us safe any longer.