Galatians 3:21-23

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²¹ Is the law then opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could make alive, then righteousness would indeed come through the law. ²² But the scripture has imprisoned all things under the power of sin, so that what was promised through faith in Jesus Christ^[a] might be given to those who believe.

²³ Now before faith came, we were imprisoned and guarded under the law until faith would be revealed.