Intent of the Law

^15 (A)Brothers and sisters, ^(B)I speak ^[a]in terms of human relations: ^(C)even though it is only a man’s ^[b]covenant, yet when it has been ratified, no one sets it aside or adds ^[c]conditions to it. ¹⁶ Now the promises were spoken ^(D)to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as one would in referring to many, but rather as in referring to one, “^(E)And to your seed,” that is, Christ.

^19 (A)Why the Law then? It was added on account of the ^[a]violations, having been ^(B)ordered through angels ^(C)at the hand of a ^[b]mediator, until ^(D)the Seed would come to whom the promise had been made.