Galatians 3:20
18 For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted it to Abraham through a promise.
19 Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.
A mediator is unnecessary, however, for only one party; but God is one.
21 Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.
22 But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- A mediator is unnecessary, however, for only one party; but God is one.
- KJV
- Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
- WEB
- Now a mediator is not between one, but God is one.
- ASV
- Now a mediator is not [a mediator] of one; but God is one.
- DARBY
- But a mediator is not of one, but God is one.
- BLB
- Now the mediator is not of one; but God is one.
- ÅB
- men en mellommann er ikke bare for én; men Gud er én.
- OTB
- En mellommann er ikke for én, men Gud er én.
- B1930
- men en mellemmann er ikke bare for én; men Gud er én.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
Read in contextDeuteronomy 6:4
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.
Read in contextJob 9:33
Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.
Read in contextHebrews 9:15
Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
Read in contextHebrews 8:6
Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.
Read in contextRomans 3:29–30
Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
Read in contextHebrews 12:24
to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
Read in contextGenesis 15:18
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
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