And what I mean is this; that a covenant that was before ratified by God, the Law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, cannot annul, so as to make void the promise;

for if the inheritance cometh from the Law, it ceaseth to be the consequence of the promise; but to Abraham God gave it by promise.

To what end then was the Law? It was added because of transgressions, till the offspring should come to whom the promise belongeth, having been ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.

and if ye belong to Christ, then are ye Abrahams offspring, heirs according to the promise.

But the one by the bondwoman was born after the flesh; while the one by the freewoman was through the promise.

But ye, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of a promise.