Galatians 3:15-18

The Law and the Promise

¹⁵ _y To give a human example, brothers: _{1 z} even with a man-made covenant, no one annuls it or adds to it once it has been ratified. ¹⁶ Now _a the promises were made _b to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, "And to offsprings," referring to many, but referring to one, _c "And to your offspring," who is Christ. ¹⁷ This is what I mean: the law, which came _d 430 years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as _e to make the promise void. ¹⁸ For if the inheritance comes by the law, it no longer comes by promise; but _f God gave it to Abraham by a promise.

1. Cross References
   Romans 3:5
   But if our unrighteousness serves to show the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unrighteous to inflict wrath on us? ( I speak in a human way.)
   
2. Cross References
   Hebrews 9:17
   For a will takes effect only at death, since it is not in force as long as the one who made it is alive.
   
3. Cross References
   Romans 4:13
   For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.
   Romans 4:16
   That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring - not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.
   Luke 1:55
   As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his offspring forever.
   
4. Cross References
   Genesis 12:7
   Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
   Acts 13:32
   And we bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers.
   
5. Cross References
   Acts 3:25
   You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
   
6. Cross References
   Exodus 12:40 - 41
   The time that the people of Israel lived in Egypt was 430 years.
   Genesis 15:13
   Then the Lord said to Abram, "Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years.
   Acts 7:6
   And God spoke to this effect - that his offspring would be sojourners in a land belonging to others, who would enslave them and afflict them four hundred years.
   
7. Cross References
   Romans 4:14
   For if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void.
   
8. Cross References
   Hebrews 6:13 - 14
   For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself.