Galatians 3:17

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My point is this: the law, which came four hundred thirty years later, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to nullify the promise.

Cross References

Genesis 15:13

Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know this for certain, that your offspring shall be aliens in a land that is not theirs, and shall be slaves there, and they shall be oppressed for four hundred years;

Genesis 15:18

On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,

Genesis 17:19

God said, “No, but your wife Sarah shall bear you a son, and you shall name him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.

Job 40:8

Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be justified?

Psalm 105:9

the covenant that he made with Abraham, his sworn promise to Isaac,

Psalm 33:10

The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples.

Isaiah 14:27

For the Lord of hosts has planned, and who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back?

Isaiah 28:18

Then your covenant with death will be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand; when the overwhelming scourge passes through you will be beaten down by it.

Numbers 23:19

God is not a human being, that he should lie, or a mortal, that he should change his mind. Has he promised, and will he not do it? Has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

Numbers 30:8

But if, at the time that her husband hears of it, he expresses disapproval to her, then he shall nullify the vow by which she was obligated, or the thoughtless utterance of her lips, by which she bound herself; and the Lord will forgive her.

John 1:17

The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Acts 7:6

And God spoke in these terms, that his descendants would be resident aliens in a country belonging to others, who would enslave them and mistreat them during four hundred years.

Romans 3:25

whom God put forward as a sacrifice of atonement by his blood, effective through faith. He did this to show his righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over the sins previously committed;

Romans 3:3

What if some were unfaithful? Will their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God?

1 Corinthians 1:12

What I mean is that each of you says, “I belong to Paul,” or “I belong to Apollos,” or “I belong to Cephas,” or “I belong to Christ.”

1 Corinthians 1:17

For Christ did not send me to baptize but to proclaim the gospel, and not with eloquent wisdom, so that the cross of Christ might not be emptied of its power.

1 Corinthians 10:19

What do I imply then? That food sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?

1 Corinthians 7:29

I mean, brothers and sisters, the appointed time has grown short; from now on, let even those who have wives be as though they had none,

2 Corinthians 1:20

For in him every one of God's promises is a “Yes.” For this reason it is through him that we say the “Amen,” to the glory of God.

2 Corinthians 9:6

The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

Galatians 3:15

Brothers and sisters, I give an example from daily life: once a person's will has been ratified, no one adds to it or annuls it.

Galatians 3:21

Is the law then opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could make alive, then righteousness would indeed come through the law.

Galatians 5:16

Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh.

Galatians 5:4

You who want to be justified by the law have cut yourselves off from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

Ephesians 2:12

remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

Ephesians 4:17

Now this I affirm and insist on in the Lord: you must no longer live as the Gentiles live, in the futility of their minds.

Colossians 2:4

I am saying this so that no one may deceive you with plausible arguments.

Hebrews 11:13

All of these died in faith without having received the promises, but from a distance they saw and greeted them. They confessed that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth,

Hebrews 7:18

There is, on the one hand, the abrogation of an earlier commandment because it was weak and ineffectual

1 Peter 1:20

He was destined before the foundation of the world, but was revealed at the end of the ages for your sake.