Galatians 3:15 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) To give a human example, brethren: no one annuls even a man's will, or adds to it, once it has been ratified. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition To speak in terms of human relations, brethren, [if] even a man makes a last will and testament (a merely human covenant), no one sets it aside or makes it void or adds to it when once it has been drawn up and signed (ratified, confirmed). American Standard Version (1901) Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet when it hath been confirmed, no one maketh it void, or addeth thereto. Common English Bible Brothers and sisters, I’ll use an example from human experience. No one ignores or makes additions to a validated will. Catholic Public Domain Version Brothers (I speak according to man), if a man's testament has been confirmed, no one would reject it or add to it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Brethren (I speak after the manner of man,) yet a man's testament, if it be confirmed, no man despiseth, nor addeth to it. |
In those days Peter stood up among the brethren (the company of persons was in all about a hundred and twenty), and said,
I want you to know, brethren, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles.
But if our wickedness serves to show the justice of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.)
I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once yielded your members to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity, so now yield your members to righteousness for sanctification.
What do I gain if, humanly speaking, I fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself,
Men indeed swear by a greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation.
For a will takes effect only at death, since it is not in force as long as the one who made it is alive.