In that 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 Euphrates:
Galatians 3:20 - Revised Version 1885 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 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 Euphrates:
There is no daysman betwixt us, That might lay his hand upon us both.
Now he was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: and they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, they asked for peace, because their country was fed from the king's country.
Now this I say; A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of none effect.
For there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, himself man, Christ Jesus,
and to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better than that of Abel.
But now hath he obtained a ministry the more excellent, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises.
And for this cause he is the mediator of a new covenant, that a death having taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, they that have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.