Verse 17

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.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 15:13 : 13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranr in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
  • Gen 15:18 : 18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
  • Gen 17:7-8 : 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their nerations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranr, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
  • Gen 17:19 : 19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
  • Exod 12:40-41 : 40 Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. 41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD 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: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
  • Num 30:8 : 8 But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.
  • Job 40:8 : 8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
  • Ps 33:10 : 10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
  • Isa 14:27 : 27 For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall dnnul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
  • Isa 28:18 : 18 And your covenant with death shall be dnnulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
  • Luke 1:68-79 : 68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, 69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; 70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: 71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; 72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; 73 The oath which he sware to our father Abraham, 74 That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, 75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life. 76 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; 77 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins, 78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, 79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
  • John 1:17 : 17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
  • John 8:56-58 : 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. 57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? 58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
  • Acts 7:6 : 6 And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
  • Rom 3:3 : 3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
  • Rom 3:25 : 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a ppitiation thugh faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, thugh the forbearance of God;
  • Rom 4:13-14 : 13 For the pmise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, thugh the law, but thugh the righteousness of faith. 14 For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the pmise made of none effect:
  • 1 Cor 1:12 : 12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
  • 1 Cor 1:17 : 17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
  • 1 Cor 7:29 : 29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
  • 1 Cor 10:19 : 19 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
  • 2 Cor 1:20 : 20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
  • 2 Cor 9:6 : 6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
  • Gal 3:15 : 15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
  • Gal 3:21 : 21 Is the law then ainst the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
  • Gal 5:4 : 4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
  • Eph 4:17 : 17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
  • Col 2:4 : 4 And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
  • Heb 6:13-18 : 13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, 14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. 15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. 16 For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: 18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
  • Heb 7:18 : 18 For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
  • Heb 11:13 : 13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
  • Heb 11:17-19 : 17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: 19 Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
  • Heb 11:39-40 : 39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: 40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
  • 1 Pet 1:11-12 : 11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. 12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
  • 1 Pet 1:20 : 20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
  • Gal 5:16 : 16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.