basic plan by which God dealt with men. Therefore (it was argued) Abraham’s children subsequent to the giving of the Law must attain blessing by keeping the Law rather than by faith in the promise of God. To dispel this error, Paul showed in Galatians 3:17–18 that, “That Law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise. For if the inheritance depends on the Law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God in His grace