Galatians:3:15-25
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Brethren ,
I speak after the manner of men ;
Though it be but a man '
s covenant ,
yet if it be confirmed ,
no man disannuls ,
or adds thereto .
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Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made .
He says not ,
And to seeds ,
as of many ;
but as of one ,
And to your seed ,
which is Christ .
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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 no effect .
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For if the inheritance be of the law ,
it is no more of promise :
but God gave it to Abraham by promise .
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Why then serves the law ?
It was added because of transgressions ,
till the seed should come to whom the promise was made ;
and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator .
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Now a mediator is not a mediator of one ,
but God is one .
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Is the law then against the promises of God ?
God forbid :
for if there had been a law given which could have given life ,
truthfully righteousness should have been by the law .
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But the scripture has concluded all under sin ,
that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe .
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But before faith came ,
we were kept under the law ,
shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed .
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Therefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ ,
that we might be justified by faith .
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But after faith is come ,
we are no longer under a schoolmaster .