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Galatians 3:15-17
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Galatians 3:15-17
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
God’s Promises To Abraham Were Not Cancelled By The Law Which Came Later
15 Brothers, I speak in accordance with human thinking: Though it is [a covenant] of a human, no one sets-aside or adds-conditions-to a covenant having been ratified. 16 Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed[a]. He[b] does not say [in Gen 13:15] “and to seeds”, as-though speaking in reference to many; but as-though speaking in reference to one, “and to your seed”— who is Christ. 17 And this I say: the Law, having come-about after four-hundred and thirty years, does not un-ratify[c] the covenant having been previously-ratified by God, so as to do-away-with[d] the promise.
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- Galatians 3:16 This word had the collective sense of offspring, descendants, posterity, but also the singular sense which Paul reminds us of next, linking Abraham and Christ.
- Galatians 3:16 Or, It, meaning the Scripture.
- Galatians 3:17 Or, nullify.
- Galatians 3:17 Or, invalidate, set-aside, render-useless.
Galatians 3:15-17
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Galatians 3:15-17
New International Version
The Law and the Promise
15 Brothers and sisters,(A) let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case. 16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed.(B) Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,”[a](C) meaning one person, who is Christ. 17 What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years(D) later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise.
Footnotes
- Galatians 3:16 Gen. 12:7; 13:15; 24:7
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