In that same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphra´tes:
Galatians 3:20 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now a go-between (intermediary) has to do with and implies more than one party [there can be no mediator with just one person]. Yet God is [only] one Person [and He was the sole party in giving that promise to Abraham. But the Law was a contract between two, God and Israel; its validity was dependent on both]. American Standard Version (1901) Now a mediator is not a mediator of one; but God is one. Common English Bible Now the mediator does not take one side; but God is one. Catholic Public Domain Version Now a mediator is not of one, yet God is one. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now a mediator is not of one: but God is one. |
In that same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphra´tes:
Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country.
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.
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.