Galatians:3:15-25

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* Brothers , I speak in human fashion : A covenant is of a man , yet having been confirmed , no one annuls or adds to it . * Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises spoken . He does not say , "And to seeds ,"as of many , but as of one , "And to your Seed ,"who is Christ . * And this I say , that the law , which was four hundred and thirty years later , does not annul the covenant previously confirmed to Christ by God , so that it make the promise of no effect . * For if the inheritance [comes ] by the law , it is no longer of promise ; but God has given it to Abraham by promise . * Why then the law ? It was added on account of transgressions , until the Seed should come to whom it had been promised ; and it was commanded through angels by the hand of a mediator . * Now the mediator is not for one person , but God is one . * Therefore , [is ] the law against the promises of God ? By no means ! For if a law had been given which was able to give life , truly righteousness would have been by the law . * But the Scripture has confined all under sin , so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe . * But before faith came , we were kept in custody under the law , having been hemmed in for the faith which was to be revealed . * Therefore the law has become our custodian , [leading us ] to Christ , so that we might be justified by faith . * But after faith has come , we are no longer under a custodian .

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