Galatians 3:15 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 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. More versionsKing 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. |
And in these days Peter stood up in the midst of the brethren, and said (and there was a multitude of persons gathered together, about a hundred and twenty),
And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you (and was hindered hitherto), that I might have some fruit in you also, even as in the rest of the Gentiles.
But if our unrighteousness commendeth the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who visiteth with wrath? (I speak after the manner of men.)
I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness unto sanctification.
If after the manner of men I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what doth it profit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
For when God made promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he sware by himself,
For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
For a testament is of force where there hath been death: for doth it ever avail while he that made it liveth?