And now that the way of faith has come, we no longer need the law as our guardian.

但这因信得救的理既然来到，我们从此就不在师傅的手下了。

但这“信”既然来到，我们从此就不在启蒙教师的手下了。

但这“信”既然来到，我们从此就不在启蒙教师的手下了。

现在信耶稣的时代已经来临，我们不再受律法监管。

但信的道理既然来到，我们就不再在启蒙教师之下了。

不过，这信仰既然已经临到，我们就不在导师之下了，

但這因信得救的理既然來到，我們從此就不在師傅的手下了。

但這「信」既然來到，我們從此就不在啟蒙教師的手下了。

但這「信」既然來到，我們從此就不在啟蒙教師的手下了。

現在信耶穌的時代已經來臨，我們不再受律法監管。

但信的道理既然來到，我們就不再在啟蒙教師之下了。

今「信」既已來到，我們就不再在童年導師之下了。

不過，這信仰既然已經臨到，我們就不在導師之下了，

但信既著、不復在塾師之下矣、

以信稱義之道既著、不復師之矣、

信之道既顯著、我儕不復在蒙師之下、

然信德既至、則吾人不復受蒙師之監督；

Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.

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

But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian,

But since that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian,

But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.

But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.

But now that faith is come, we are no longer under a tutor.

But since that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian,

But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.

But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.

Sin is no longer your master, for you no longer live under the requirements of the law. Instead, you live under the freedom of God’s grace.

And the Holy Spirit also testifies that this is so. For he says,“ This is the new covenant I will make with my people on that day, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds.”Then he says,“ I will never again remember their sins and lawless deeds.”And when sins have been forgiven, there is no need to offer any more sacrifices.

So, my dear brothers and sisters, this is the point: You died to the power of the law when you died with Christ. And now you are united with the one who was raised from the dead. As a result, we can produce a harvest of good deeds for God.

So if the priesthood of Levi, on which the law was based, could have achieved the perfection God intended, why did God need to establish a different priesthood, with a priest in the order of Melchizedek instead of the order of Levi and Aaron?And if the priesthood is changed, the law must also be changed to permit it.For the priest we are talking about belongs to a different tribe, whose members have never served at the altar as priests.What I mean is, our Lord came from the tribe of Judah, and Moses never mentioned priests coming from that tribe.This change has been made very clear since a different priest, who is like Melchizedek, has appeared.Jesus became a priest, not by meeting the physical requirement of belonging to the tribe of Levi, but by the power of a life that cannot be destroyed.And the psalmist pointed this out when he prophesied,“ You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”Yes, the old requirement about the priesthood was set aside because it was weak and useless.For the law never made anything perfect. But now we have confidence in a better hope, through which we draw near to God.

And since every high priest is required to offer gifts and sacrifices, our High Priest must make an offering, too.If he were here on earth, he would not even be a priest, since there already are priests who offer the gifts required by the law.They serve in a system of worship that is only a copy, a shadow of the real one in heaven. For when Moses was getting ready to build the Tabernacle, God gave him this warning:“ Be sure that you make everything according to the pattern I have shown you here on the mountain.”But now Jesus, our High Priest, has been given a ministry that is far superior to the old priesthood, for he is the one who mediates for us a far better covenant with God, based on better promises.If the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need for a second covenant to replace it.But when God found fault with the people, he said:“ The day is coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah.This covenant will not be like the one I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand and led them out of the land of Egypt. They did not remain faithful to my covenant, so I turned my back on them, says the Lord.But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel on that day, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.And they will not need to teach their neighbors, nor will they need to teach their relatives, saying,‘ You should know the Lord.’ For everyone, from the least to the greatest, will know me already.And I will forgive their wickedness, and I will never again remember their sins.”When God speaks of a“ new” covenant, it means he has made the first one obsolete. It is now out of date and will soon disappear.

Think of it this way. If a father dies and leaves an inheritance for his young children, those children are not much better off than slaves until they grow up, even though they actually own everything their father had.They have to obey their guardians until they reach whatever age their father set.And that’s the way it was with us before Christ came. We were like children; we were slaves to the basic spiritual principles of this world.But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law.God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children.And because we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out,“ Abba, Father.”