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14 Through Christ Jesus, God has blessed the Gentiles with the same blessing he promised to Abraham, so that we who are believers might receive the promised[a] Holy Spirit through faith.

The Law and God’s Promise

15 Dear brothers and sisters,[b] here’s an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or amend an irrevocable agreement, so it is in this case. 16 God gave the promises to Abraham and his child.[c] And notice that the Scripture doesn’t say “to his children,[d]” as if it meant many descendants. Rather, it says “to his child”—and that, of course, means Christ. 17 This is what I am trying to say: The agreement God made with Abraham could not be canceled 430 years later when God gave the law to Moses. God would be breaking his promise.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:14 Some manuscripts read the blessing of the.
  2. 3:15 Greek Brothers.
  3. 3:16a Greek seed; also in 3:16c, 19. See notes on Gen 12:7 and 13:15.
  4. 3:16b Greek seeds.

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