Note 6 at Gal. 3:21: Because of all that had been said negatively concerning the law, the question arises, "Is the law then against the promises of God?" Notice Paul's reply, "No! God forbid, may it never be" (see note 6 at Rom. 3:4, p. 754).

Paul completely supports the law if it is used for its original function (see note 1 at Gal. 3:19, p. 1069). The only conflict Paul had with the law was when people taught that the function of the law was to produce justification through keeping its precepts. That was impossible, and it was never the intent God had in giving the law.

The function of the law was to amplify the death that sin had already produced in our life (Rom. 6:23) so we would not be deceived into thinking that we could be saved on our own merit. So the law wasn't given to produce life but death (2 Cor. 3:7). If there could have been a law that was capable of giving life, then salvation would have come that way instead of through Jesus. But the weakness of our flesh made us incapable of ever fulfilling any standard of law (Rom. 8:3; Heb. 8:7-13). Man's only hope of salvation is through faith in a savior, Jesus.