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Galatians 3:17

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.

KJV

τοῦτο δὲ λέγω· διαθήκην προκεκυρωμένην ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ ὁ μετὰ τετρακόσια καὶ τριάκοντα ἔτη γεγονὼς νόμος οὐκ ἀκυροῖ, εἰς τὸ καταργῆσαι τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν.

Greek NT

Hoc autem dico, testamentum confirmatum a Deo : quæ post quadringentos et triginta annos facta est lex, non irritum facit ad evacuandam promissionem.

Vulgate

Now this I say: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of none effect.

ASV

Now this I say: that the testament which was confirmed by God, the law which was made after four hundred and thirty years doth not disannul, to make the promise of no effect.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διαθήκη
diatheke
noun · 33×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καταργέω
katargeo
verb · 27×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
νόμος
nomos
noun · 196×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
προκυρόω
prokuroo
verb · 1×
τετρακόσιοι
tetrakosioi
adjective · 4×
τριάκοντα
triakonta
adjective · 11×
ἀκυρόω
akuroo
verb · 3×
ἐπαγγελία
epaggelia
noun · 52×
ἔτος
etos
noun · 49×
o
article · 19778×
ὑπό
upo
preposition · 221×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: θεοῦ | WH/Treg/NIV: θεοῦ | RP: + εἰς Χριστὸν
  • θεοῦSBLGNT
  • θεοῦWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + εἰς ΧριστὸνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: τετρακόσια καὶ τριάκοντα ἔτη | WH/Treg/NIV: τετρακόσια καὶ τριάκοντα ἔτη | RP: ἔτη τετρακόσια καὶ τριάκοντα
  • τετρακόσια καὶ τριάκοντα ἔτηSBLGNT
  • τετρακόσια καὶ τριάκοντα ἔτηWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἔτη τετρακόσια καὶ τριάκονταRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Chapter 24.—Of the Meaning of the Sacrifice Abraham Was Commanded to Offer When He Supplicated to Be Taught About Those Things He Had Believed. In the same vision, God in speaking to him also says, “I am God that brought thee out 324 of the region of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.”910910 Gen. xv. 7. And when Abram asked whereby he might know that he should …

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 1:17 — For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
  • 1Cor 15:50 — Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
  • 2Cor 1:20 — For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
  • 2Cor 9:6 — But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
  • Acts 7:6 — And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
  • Col 2:4 — And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
  • Exod 12:40 — Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
  • Gal 3:15 — Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
  • Gal 5:4 — Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
  • Gal 5:16 — This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
  • Gen 15:13 — And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
  • Gen 15:13 — And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
  • Gen 17:2 — And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
  • Heb 6:13 — For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
  • Heb 7:18 — For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
  • Heb 11:39 — And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
  • Isa 14:27 — For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
  • John 1:17 — For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
  • John 1:17 — For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
  • Matt 5:17 — Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
  • Ps 105:9 — Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
  • Rom 3:3 — For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
  • Rom 3:31 — Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
  • Rom 4:13 — For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.