Galatians 3:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Which

Genesis 15:13

Exodus 12:40

Acts 7:6

Cannot

Hebrews 7:18

That it

None

1 Corinthians 1:17

General references

Leviticus 12:3

Deuteronomy 5:3

Luke 1:55

Bible References

Which

Then the LORD told Abram, "You can be certain about this: Your descendants will be foreigners in a land that isn't theirs. They will be slaves there and will be oppressed for 400 years.

Now the time that the Israelis lived in Egypt was 430 years.

"This is what God promised: His descendants would be strangers in a foreign country, and its people would enslave them and oppress them for 400 years.

Cannot

Brothers, let me use an example from everyday life. Once an agreement has been ratified, no one can cancel it or add conditions to it.

Indeed would you annul my justice and condemn me, just so you can claim that you're righteous?

For the LORD of the Heavenly Armies has planned, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?"

"Then your covenant with death will be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand; when the overwhelming scourge sweeps by, you will be trampled by it.

Indeed, because it was weak and ineffective, the former commandment has been annulled,

That it

So is the Law in conflict with the promises of God? Of course not! For if a law had been given that could give us life, then certainly righteousness would come through the Law.

God is not a human male he doesn't lie, nor is he a human being he never vacillates. Once he speaks up, he's going to act, isn't he? Once he makes a promise, he'll fulfill it, won't he?

For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the Law, but through the righteousness produced by faith.

For when God made his promise to Abraham, he swore an oath by himself, since he had no one greater to swear by.

None

Those of you who are trying to be justified by the Law have been cut off from the Messiah. You have fallen away from grace.

But if, on the same day her husband hears and disallows her, then he has revoked her vows that she made for herself, along with any hasty vows that she spoke and to which she pledged herself to fulfill. The LORD will forgive her."

The LORD makes void the counsel of nations; he frustrates the plans of nations.

What if some of the Jews were unfaithful? Their unfaithfulness cannot cancel God's faithfulness, can it?

For the Messiah did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, not with eloquent wisdom, so the cross of the Messiah won't be emptied of its power.

General references

On the eighth day, the flesh of the baby's foreskin is to be circumcised.

it was not with our ancestors that the LORD made this covenant, but with us we who are here today all of us who are now living.

according to the promise he made to our ancestors to Abraham and his descendants forever."