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

And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that your descendants shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.

And God spoke in this way, That his descendants should live in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and ill-treat them for four hundred years.

Cannot

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.

Will you also annul my judgment? will you condemn me, that you may be righteous?

For the LORD of hosts has purposed, and who shall annul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with sheol shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then you shall be beaten down by it.

For there is verily an annulment of the previous commandment because of the weakness and uselessness thereof.

That it

Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.

God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: has he said, and shall he not do it? or has he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his descendants, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

For when God made a promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself,

None

Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; you are fallen from grace.

But if her husband forbade her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, with which she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.

The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing: he makes the devices of the people of none effect.

For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faithfulness of God without effect?

For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.

General references

And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.

As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his descendants forever.