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.

Bible References

Which

Genesis 15:13
Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know this for certain: Your offspring will be foreigners in a land that does not belong to them; they will be enslaved and oppressed 400 years.
Exodus 12:40
The time that the Israelites lived in Egypt was 430 years.
Acts 7:6
God spoke in this way:

His descendants would be strangers
in a foreign country,
and they would enslave
and oppress them 400 years.

Cannot

Galatians 3:15
Brothers, I’m using a human illustration. No one sets aside or makes additions to even a human covenant that has been ratified.
Job 40:8
Would you really challenge My justice?
Would you declare Me guilty to justify yourself?
Isaiah 14:27
The Lord of Hosts Himself has planned it;
therefore, who can stand in its way?
It is His hand that is outstretched,
so who can turn it back?
Isaiah 28:18
Your deal with Death will be dissolved,
and your agreement with Sheol will not last.
When the overwhelming scourge passes through,
you will be trampled.
Hebrews 7:18
So the previous command is annulled because it was weak and unprofitable

That it

Galatians 3:21
Is the law therefore contrary to God’s promises? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly be by the law.
Numbers 23:19
God is not a man who lies,
or a son of man who changes His mind.
Does He speak and not act,
or promise and not fulfill?
Romans 4:13
For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
Hebrews 6:13
For when God made a promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself:

None

Galatians 5:4
You who are trying to be justified by the law are alienated from Christ; you have fallen from grace.
Numbers 30:8
But if her husband prohibits her when he hears about it, he will cancel her vow that is binding or the rash commitment she herself made, and the Lord will forgive her.
Psalm 33:10
The Lord frustrates the counsel of the nations;
He thwarts the plans of the peoples.
Romans 3:3
What then? If some did not believe, will their unbelief cancel God’s faithfulness?
1 Corinthians 1:17
For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to evangelize—not with clever words, so that the cross of Christ will not be emptied of its effect.

General references

Leviticus 12:3
The flesh of his foreskin must be circumcised on the eighth day.
Deuteronomy 5:3
He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.
Luke 1:55
just as He spoke to our ancestors,
to Abraham and his descendants forever.

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