Galatians 3:16-29 ▼

16 Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. It does not say “and to seeds,” as of many, but as of One, “and to your seed,” who is Christ.

17 Now I say this: The law, having come four hundred and thirty years afterward, does not repeal the covenant having been ratified beforehand by God, so as to nullify the promise.

18 For if the inheritance is by the law, it is no longer by a promise. But God has granted it to Abraham through a promise.

19 Why then the law? It was added on account of transgressions, until the seed to whom promise has been made shall have come, having been ordained through angels in the hand of a mediator.

20 Now the mediator is not of one; but God is one.

21 Is the law, therefore, contrary to the promises of God? Never may it be! For if a law were given being able to make alive, then righteousness indeed would have been from out of the law.

22 But the Scripture shut in all things under sin, so that by faith from Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those believing.

23 Now before the faith came, we were being held in custody under the law, having been shut in until the faith being about to be revealed,

24 so that the law has become our tutor unto Christ, so that we might be justified by faith.

25 And faith having come, we are no longer under a tutor.

26 For you⁺ are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

27 For as many of you⁺ as were baptized into Christ, you⁺ put on Christ.

28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male and female; for you⁺ are all one in Christ Jesus.

29 Now if you⁺ are of Christ, then you⁺ are Abraham’s seed, heirs according to promise.