On that day Adonai cut a covenant with Abram, saying, “I give this land to your seed, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River:
Galatians 3:20 - Tree of Life Version Now an intermediary is not for one party alone—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. |
On that day Adonai cut a covenant with Abram, saying, “I give this land to your seed, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River:
There is no arbitrator between us, who could lay his hand on us both;
Now it happened that Herod was furious with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they came to him, united. Having won over Blastus, the king’s personal aide, they began asking for peace—because their country was supplied with food from the king’s country.
What I am saying is this: Torah, which came 430 years later, does not cancel the covenant previously confirmed by God, so as to make the promise ineffective.
For there is one God and there is one Mediator between God and men—a human, Messiah Yeshua,
and to Yeshua, the Mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks of something better than the blood of Abel.
But now Yeshua has obtained a more excellent ministry, insofar as He is the mediator of a better covenant which has been enacted on better promises.
For this reason He is the mediator of a new covenant, in order that those called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—since a death has taken place that redeems them from violations under the first covenant.