and when they perceived the mission which was graciously entrusted to me, they (that is to say, James, Peter, and John, who were considered to be the pillars of the Church)

(Now the promises were given to Abraham and to his seed. God did not say 'and to seeds,' as if speaking of many, but 'and to your seed,' since He spoke of only one--and this is Christ.)

Now I say that so long as an heir is a child, he in no respect differs from a slave, although he is the owner of everything,

But what says the Scripture? "Send away the slave-girl and her son, for never shall the slave-girl's son share the inheritance with the son of the free woman."

For the entire Law has been obeyed when you have kept the single precept, which says, "You are to love your fellow man equally with yourself."