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Galatians 3:18 KJV
Galatians · chapter 3 · verse 18
For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.Galatians 3:18 · King James Version
Galatians 3:18 in context
16Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
17And 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.
18For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
19Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
20Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- inheritanceklēronomiaan inheritance, property received by inheritance, what is given to one as a possession…G2817 →
- promiseepangeliaannouncement, promise, the act of promising, a promise given or to be given, a promised…G1860 →
- AbrahamabraamAbraham = " father of a multitude" , the son of Terah and the founder of the…G11 →
- gavecharizomaito do something pleasant or agreeable , to do a favour to, gratify, to show one s self…G5483 →
- lawnomosanything established, anything received by usage, a custom, a law, a command, of any law…G3551 →
- Godtheosa god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities, the Godhead, trinity, God the…G2316 →
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The apostle having reproved the Galatians for not obeying the truth, and endeavoured to impress them with a sense of their folly herein, in these verses he largely proves the doctrine which he had reproved them for rejecting, namely, that of justification by faith without the works of the law.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-18