Galatians 3:17

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.

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KJV

King James Version

And this I say, [that] the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

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WEB

World English Bible

Now I say this: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.

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ASV

American Standard Version

Now this I say: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of none effect.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

Now I say this: [The] law, having come four hundred and thirty years afterward, does not repeal [the] covenant having been ratified beforehand by God, so as to nullify the promise.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Galatians 3

¹⁵ Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.

¹⁶ The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.

¹⁷ What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.

¹⁸ For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted it to Abraham through a promise.

¹⁹ Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.

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