Catena Fidei

Galatians 3:23 (WEB)
But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, confined for the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

Fathers and councils · 5

Ambrose of Milan, Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.8Book IV
“But Christ is not under tutelage; nay, rather has He abolished all tutelage.” — editor's note: Cf. Gal. iii. 23 ff.
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Athanasius of Alexandria, Festal and Personal Letters Festal Letters.15Festal Letters
“…being shut up in the faith which should afterwards be revealed unto us; wherefore the law was our instructor in Christ, that we might be justified by faith.’” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 23, 24. Athan. reads into S. Paul’s words the thought that the Law itself, however misunderstood by the Jews, involved the faith of Christ.
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Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion V.3Book V
“But indeed it is superfluous to dwell on what he has erased, when he may be more effectually confuted from that which he has retained.” — editor's note: So, instead of pursuing the contents of chap. iii., he proceeds to such of chap. iv. as Marcion reserved.
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Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor I.6Book I
“…law became our schoolmaster to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith; but after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.”” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 23–25. [Here the schoolmaster should be the child-guide; for the law leads us to the Master, says Clement, and we are no longer under the…
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Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.26Book I
“Then, as if in explanation of his meaning, he adds: “But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up,” manifestly through fear, in consequence of sins, “unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed; so that the law was a schoolmaster to bring us to Christ, that we should be justified by faith.”” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 19, 23, 24.
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