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Now I say this. A covenant confirmed beforehand by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.
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Promise Predates the Law
Paul makes a powerful legal argument. Commentators explain that since God's covenant of promise with Abraham was established 430 years before the Law was given to Moses, the Law cannot retroactively cancel the original agreement. Just as a modern contract or treaty cannot be voided by a law passed by one party centuries later, the Law cannot nullify God's prior, unconditional promise.
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Galatians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The covenant that was confirmed before of God. By God, in his promise to Abraham. It was confirmed before the giving of the law. …
Now this I say (τουτο δε λεγω). Now I mean this. He comes back to his main point and is not carried afield by the special applicat…
19th Century
Anglican
The fulfilment of the promise is thus to be seen in the Messianic dispensation now begun. The Law, which was given four hundred and thirty years
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Baptist
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 d…
The 430 years comes from the LXX of Ex 12:40, defining the period between Abraham and Moses rather than (cf. the Hebrew text) the period during whi…
16th Century
Protestant
The law which was four hundred and thirty years after. If we listen to Origen and Jerome and all the Papists, there will be little difficu…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And this I say Assert and affirm as a certain truth, that is not to be gainsaid;
that the covenant tha…
The covenant God made with Abraham was not done away by the giving of the law to Moses. The covenant was made with Abraham and his Seed. It is stil…
13th Century
Catholic
Having proved by scriptural authority that the Law does not justify and is not necessary for justification, which is through faith, the Apostle the…
