Whythe Lawthen?It was addedbecauseof transgressions,having been ordainedthroughangelsby the agencyof a mediator,untilthe seedwould cometo whomthe promise had been made.
Therefore He saidthat He would destroythem, Had not MosesHis chosenone stoodin the breachbeforeHim, To turnawayHis wrathfrom destroying[them].
Thisis the lawfor the one with a discharge,and for the man whohasa seminalemissionso that he is uncleanby it,
"But he saidto him, 'Ifthey do not listento Mosesand the Prophets,they will not be persuadedevenifsomeonerisesfrom the dead.'"
For the Lawwas giventhroughMoses;graceand truthwere realizedthroughJesusChrist.
"IfI had not comeand spokento them, they would not havesin,but nowthey havenoexcusefor their sin.
"Thisis the one who was in the congregationin the wildernesstogetherwith the angelwho was speakingto him on MountSinai,and [who was] with our fathers;and he receivedlivingoraclesto passon to you.
you whoreceivedthe lawas ordainedby angels,and [yet] did not keepit."
for [it is] not the hearersof the Law[who] are justbeforeGod,but the doersof the Lawwill be justified.
for the Lawbrings aboutwrath,but wherethere is nolaw,there also is noviolation.
Nowthe promiseswere spokento Abrahamand to his seed.He does not say,"And to seeds,"as [referring] to many,but [rather] to one,"And to your seed,"that is, Christ.
He said,"The LORDcamefrom Sinai,And dawnedon them from Seir;He shoneforthfrom MountParan,And He camefrom the midst of tenthousandholyones;At His righthandthere was flashinglightningfor them.
[while] I was standingbetweenthe LORDand you at that time,to declareto you the wordof the LORD;for you were afraidbecauseof the fireand did not goup the mountain.He said,
For ifthe wordspokenthroughangelsprovedunalterable,and everytransgressionand disobediencereceiveda justpenalty,
For He did not subjectto angelsthe worldto come,concerningwhichwe are speaking.
