Galatians 3:17

Webster's Bible (1833)

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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  • Gen 15:13 : 13 He said to Abram, "Know for sure that your seed will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years.
  • Gen 15:18 : 18 In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
  • Gen 17:7-8 : 7 I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your seed after you. 8 I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God."
  • Gen 17:19 : 19 God said, "No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac.{Isaac means "he laughs."} I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
  • Exod 12:40-41 : 40 Now the time that the children of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred thirty years. 41 It happened at the end of four hundred thirty years, even the same day it happened, that all the hosts of Yahweh went out from the land of Egypt.
  • Num 23:19 : 19 God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?
  • Num 30:8 : 8 But if her husband disallow her in the day that he hears it, then he shall make void her vow which is on her, and the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul: and Yahweh will forgive her.
  • Job 40:8 : 8 Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
  • Ps 33:10 : 10 Yahweh brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.
  • Isa 14:27 : 27 For Yahweh of Hosts has purposed, and who shall annul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
  • Isa 28:18 : 18 Your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then you shall be trodden down by it.
  • Luke 1:68-79 : 68 "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, For he has visited and worked redemption for his people; 69 And has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David 70 (As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old), 71 Salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us; 72 To show mercy towards our fathers, To remember his holy covenant, 73 The oath which he spoke to Abraham, our father, 74 To grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear, 75 In holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life. 76 And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, For you will go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways, 77 To give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission of their sins, 78 Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dawn from on high will visit us, 79 To shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; To guide our feet into the way of peace."
  • John 1:17 : 17 For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
  • John 8:56-58 : 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day. He saw it, and was glad." 57 The Jews therefore said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?" 58 Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM."
  • Acts 7:6 : 6 God spoke in this way: that his seed would live as aliens in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.
  • Rom 3:3 : 3 For what if some were without faith? Will their lack of faith nullify the faithfulness of God?
  • Rom 3:25 : 25 whom God set forth to be an atoning sacrifice{or, a propitiation}, through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God's forbearance;
  • Rom 4:13-14 : 13 For the promise to Abraham and to his seed that he should be heir of the world wasn't through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. 14 For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of no effect.
  • 1 Cor 1:12 : 12 Now I mean this, that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," "I follow Apollos," "I follow Cephas," and, "I follow Christ."
  • 1 Cor 1:17 : 17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Gospel--not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Christ wouldn't be made void.
  • 1 Cor 7:29 : 29 But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;
  • 1 Cor 10:19 : 19 What am I saying then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?
  • 2 Cor 1:20 : 20 For however many are the promises of God, in him is the "Yes." Therefore also through him is the "Amen," to the glory of God through us.
  • 2 Cor 9:6 : 6 Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
  • Gal 3:15 : 15 Brothers, I speak like men. Though it is only a man's covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void, or adds to it.
  • Gal 3:21 : 21 Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could make alive, most assuredly righteousness would have been of the law.
  • Gal 5:4 : 4 You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.
  • Eph 4:17 : 17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,
  • Col 2:4 : 4 Now this I say that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.
  • Heb 6:13-18 : 13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself, 14 saying, "Most surely I will bless you, and I will surely multiply you." 15 Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise. 16 For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation. 17 In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath; 18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.
  • Heb 7:18 : 18 For there is an annulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and uselessness
  • Heb 11:13 : 13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen{TR adds "and being convinced of"} them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
  • Heb 11:17-19 : 17 By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son; 18 even he to whom it was said, "In Isaac will your seed be called;" 19 accounting that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead.
  • Heb 11:39-40 : 39 These all, having had testimony given to them through their faith, didn't receive the promise, 40 God having provided some better thing concerning us, so that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
  • 1 Pet 1:11-12 : 11 searching for who or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ, which was in them, pointed to, when he predicted the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that would follow them. 12 To them it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the Gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.
  • 1 Pet 1:20 : 20 who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was revealed at the end of times for your sake,
  • Gal 5:16 : 16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won't fulfill the lust of the flesh.

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  • Gal 3:18-19
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    18 For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise; but God has granted it to Abraham by promise.

    19 What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the seed should come to whom the promise has been made. It was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.

  • Gal 3:14-16
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    14 that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

    15 Brothers, I speak like men. Though it is only a man's covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void, or adds to it.

    16 Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He doesn't say, "To seeds," as of many, but as of one, "To your seed," which is Christ.

  • Rom 4:13-16
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    13 For the promise to Abraham and to his seed that he should be heir of the world wasn't through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

    14 For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of no effect.

    15 For the law works wrath, for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience.

    16 For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.

  • Gal 3:21-25
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    21 Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could make alive, most assuredly righteousness would have been of the law.

    22 But the Scriptures shut up all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

    23 But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, shut up to the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

    24 So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

    25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.

  • Rom 3:31
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    31 Do we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be! No, we establish the law.

  • Heb 7:18-19
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    18 For there is an annulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and uselessness

    19 (for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in thereupon of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.

  • 1 Chr 16:16-17
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    16 [The covenant] which he made with Abraham, His oath to Isaac,

    17 Confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,

  • Gal 3:29
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    29 If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed and heirs according to promise.

  • Heb 6:17
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    17 In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;

  • Gen 17:9
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    9 God said to Abraham, "As for you, you will keep my covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.

  • Gal 3:7-12
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    7 Know therefore that those who are of faith, the same are children of Abraham.

    8 The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the Gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you all the nations will be blessed."

    9 So then, those who are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.

    10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written, "Cursed is everyone who doesn't continue in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them."

    11 Now that no man is justified by the law before God is evident, for, "The righteous will live by faith."

    12 The law is not of faith, but, "The man who does them will live by them."

  • Gal 5:4
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    4 You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.

  • Heb 9:17
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    17 For a will is in force where there has been death, for it is never in force while he who made it lives.

  • Ps 105:9-10
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    9 The covenant which he made with Abraham, His oath to Isaac,

    10 And confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute; To Israel for an everlasting covenant,

  • Gen 17:7
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    7 I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your seed after you.

  • Heb 6:13
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    13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself,

  • Gal 4:21-23
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    21 Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, don't you listen to the law?

    22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the free woman.

    23 However, the son by the handmaid was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise.

  • Heb 8:13
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    13 In that he says, "A new covenant," he has made the first old. But that which is becoming old and grows aged is near to vanishing away.

  • Rom 3:20-21
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    20 Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

    21 But now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified by the law and the prophets;

  • Heb 8:7
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    7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.

  • Gal 2:16
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    16 yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through the faith of Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.

  • Heb 7:6
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    6 but he whose genealogy is not counted from them has taken tithes of Abraham, and has blessed him who has the promises.

  • Gen 17:21
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    21 But my covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time in the next year."

  • Rom 9:9
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    9 For this is a word of promise, "At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son."

  • Heb 7:16
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    16 who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of an endless life:

  • Rom 3:27-28
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    27 Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what manner of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.

    28 We maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

  • Rom 7:7
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    7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! However, I wouldn't have known sin, except through the law. For I wouldn't have known coveting, unless the law had said, "You shall not covet."

  • Gal 2:21
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    21 I don't make void the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing!"

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