17 This is what I mean: the law, which came (A)430 years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as (B)to make the promise void. 18 For if the inheritance comes by the law, it no longer comes by promise; but (C)God gave it to Abraham by a promise.

19 Why then the law? (D)It was added because of transgressions, (E)until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was (F)put in place through angels (G)by an intermediary.

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