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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Gill's Exposition
And this I say,.... Assert and affirm as a certain truth, that is not to be gainsaid;
that the covenant that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years…
Barnes' Notes
The covenant which was confirmed before of God - By God, in his promise to Abraham. It was confirmed before the giving of the Law. The confirmation was the solemn promise which God made to him. In…
Adam Clarke
Confirmed before of God in Christ - i.e. The promise of justification, etc., made to believers in Christ Jesus, who are the spiritual seed of Christ, as they are children of Abraham, from the…
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…
Cambridge Bible
And this I say This is what I mean. St Paul here reverts to, and continues the argument of Gal 3:3, which had been interrupted by the explanatory words, -He saith not … is Christ".
confirmed before of…
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