The apostle Paul explains the matter this way: “Before the faith arrived, we were being guarded under law, being delivered up together into custody, looking to the faith that was destined to be revealed.
شرح الرسول بولس المسألة قائلا :‏ « قبل ان يجيء الايمان كنا محروسين تحت الشريعة ،‏ محجوزين معا ،‏ نتطلع الى الايمان الذي كان كشفه محتوما .‏