^{23 Ref} And before the coming of the faith, under law we were being kept, shut up to the faith about to be revealed,

^{24 Ref} so that the law became our child-conductor -- to Christ, that by faith we may be declared righteous,

^{25 Ref} and the faith having come, no more under a child-conductor are we,

^{26 Ref} for ye are all sons of God through the faith in Christ Jesus,