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For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise; but God has granted it to Abraham by promise.
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Law vs. Promise: An Unmixable Pair
Commentators unanimously stress that salvation by law and salvation by promise are fundamentally incompatible systems. As John Calvin states, they are 'wholly inconsistent.' One is based on earning a reward through works (law), while the other is based on receiving a free gift through faith (promise). Paul's point is that you cannot mix them; the inheritance comes from one or the other, not both.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For if the inheritance. The inheritance promised to Abraham. The sum of the promise was that he should be the heir of the world. …
The inheritance (η κληρονομια). Old word from κληρονομος, heir (κλερος, lot, νεμομα, to distribute). See on Mt 21:38;[Reference Ac…
19th Century
Anglican
The fulfillment of the promise is unaffected by the Law. For it is not dependent upon the Law, or upon the Law and the promise combined (the Law
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Baptist
They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them. But it is good to be zealously affected always…
This verse adds an objective as well as temporal reason why the giving of the law cannot change the promise. Promise and law are antithetical by na…
16th Century
Protestant
If the inheritance be of the law. His opponents might still reply that nothing was further from their intention than to weaken or annul Go…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For if the inheritance be of the law By the inheritance is meant, either the eternal inheritance, everlasting life a…
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…
