“But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.”
Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law. — the temporal marker 'now' ('nun' — the eschatological present) marks the arrival of faith as a cosmic pivot: law's custodial role ('paidagōgos') has been discharged, and believers have passed into a new era where law no longer supervises ('hupistithēmi' — places under, supervises) spiritual life.
Church Fathers on Galatians 3:25
“But now that faith has come which leads to perfect manhood we are no longer under a tutor. For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.” The Law then, as it was our tutor, and we were kept shut up under it, is not the adversary but the fellow-worker of grace; but if when grace has come, it continues to hold us down, it becomes an adversary; for if it confines those who ought to go forward to grace, then it is the destruction of our salvation. If a candle which…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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