Galatians 3:15
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Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.
In other translations
Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.
Greek words
ἀδελφοί,adelphoiBrothers,G80κατὰkataaccording toG2596ἄνθρωπονanthrōponmanG444λέγω.legōI am speaking.G3004ὅμωςhomōsEvenG3676ἀνθρώπουanthrōpouof manG444κεκυρωμένηνkekurōmenēnratifiedG2964διαθήκηνdiathēkēna covenantG1242οὐδεὶςoudeisno [one]G3762ἀθετεῖatheteisets asideG114ἢēorG2228ἐπιδιατάσσεται.epidiatassetaiadds thereto.G1928
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Related verses
- Hebrews 9:17For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.because a will does not take effect until the one who made it has died; it cannot be executed while he is still alive.
- Romans 6:19I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.
- Romans 3:5But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.
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