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Galatians 3:17-19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Galatians 3:17-19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
17 My point is this: the law, which came four hundred thirty years later, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to nullify the promise.(A) 18 For if the inheritance comes from the law, it no longer comes from the promise, but God granted it to Abraham through the promise.(B)
The Purpose of the Law
19 Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring[a] would come to whom the promise had been made, and it was ordained through angels by a mediator.(C)
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