¹⁷And this I say, that the law, ^vwhich was four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul the covenant that was confirmed before by God ⁵in Christ, ^wthat it should make the promise of no effect.

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5NU omits in Christ

Cross references

v Gen. 15:13; Ex. 12:40; Acts 7:6
w[Rom. 4:13]

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

This is what I mean: the law, which came 430 years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to make the promise void.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

My point is this: The law, which came 430 years later, does not invalidate a covenant previously established by God and thus cancel the promise.

NLTNew Living Translation

This is what I am trying to say: The agreement God made with Abraham could not be canceled 430 years later when God gave the law to Moses. God would be breaking his promise.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Now I am saying this: the law, that came after four hundred and thirty years, does not revoke a covenant previously ratified by God, in order to nullify the promise.

KJV 1900King James Version

And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

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