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

Jehovah said to Abram: Know this for sure; your offspring will be strangers (aliens) in a land that is not theirs. They will be slaves there, and they shall be oppressed for four hundred years.

The Israelites had been living in Egypt for four hundred and thirty years.

God spoke to this effect, that his seed would be alien residents in a strange land. They would enslave them, and mistreat them for four hundred years.

Cannot

Brothers, I speak like a man speaks: Though it is only a man's covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void, or adds to it.

Would you undo my justice? Would you condemn me so that you can be righteous?

Jehovah of Hosts is determined to do this. He has stretched out his arm to punish, and no one can stop him.

Your covenant with death will be annulled. Your agreement with the grave will not stand when the overflowing scourge passes through. Then you will be trampled down by it.

The former commandment was set aside because it was weak and useless.

That it

Is the Law then against the promises of God? God forbid! If a law had been given which could impart life, righteousness would have been from the Law.

God is a not man that he should lie. He is not a son of man who changes his mind. Does he ever promise and not fulfill? Does he ever speak and not act?

The promise to Abraham or to his seed that he should be heir of the world was not through the law but through righteousness by faith.

When God made a promise to Abraham, he could swear by no one greater then himself, so he swore by himself.

None

You who seek to be righteous by Law are separated from Christ. You have fallen away from grace.

If her husband forbids her to fulfill the vow when he hears about it, she is not required to keep it. Jehovah will forgive her.

Jehovah nullifies the counsel of the nations. He frustrates the plans of the peoples.

For what? If some have not believed, will their unbelief make the faith of God of no effect?

Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the good news: not with wisdom of words, lest the stake of Christ be emptied of its effect.

General references

The boy must be circumcised when he is eight days old.

Jehovah did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, all of us here alive today.

He spoke to our fathers. To Abraham and his seed forever.