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.

我是这么说，神预先所立的约，不能被那四百三十年以后的律法废掉，叫应许归于虚空。

我是这么说，上帝预先所立的约不能被四百三十年以后的律法废掉，使应许失效。

我是这么说，神预先所立的约不能被四百三十年以后的律法废掉，使应许失效。

我的意思是：四百三十年后颁布的律法不会废除上帝先前立下的约，以致应许落空。

我要这样说，神预先立好的约，那四百三十年后才有的律法，不能把它废掉，使那应许落空。

我说的这话是：四百三十年以后出现的律法，不能废弃神预先立好的约，使那应许无效。

我是這麼說，神預先所立的約，不能被那四百三十年以後的律法廢掉，叫應許歸於虛空。

我是這麼說，上帝預先所立的約不能被四百三十年以後的律法廢掉，使應許失效。

我是這麼說，神預先所立的約不能被四百三十年以後的律法廢掉，使應許失效。

我的意思是：四百三十年後頒佈的律法不會廢除上帝先前立下的約，以致應許落空。

我要這樣說，神預先立好的約，那四百三十年後才有的律法，不能把它廢掉，使那應許落空。

我乃是說、上帝所豫先立定的約、並不是那四百三十年後成立的律法所能取消、使那應許無效的。

我說的這話是：四百三十年以後出現的律法，不能廢棄神預先立好的約，使那應許無效。

我謂上帝預立之約、非四百三十年後之律所能廢、使所許者為虛、

我亦云、昔上帝、既緣基督預立盟約、則非四百三十年後之律法所能廢、使應許無有、

我言昔天主為基督有原文抄本無為基督句所預定之約、四百三十年後之律法不能廢之、使所許者歸於虛、

故吾曰：主之恩諾既已確立於前、則產生於四百三十年後之律法、又安能廢棄之、而致前諾於無效乎？

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.

Here is what I mean. The law came 430 years after the promise. But the law does not get rid of God’s covenant and promise. The covenant had already been made by God. So the law does not do away with the promise.

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.

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.

What I am saying is this: the Law, which came 430 years later, does not invalidate a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to nullify the promise.

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

Now this I say: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of none effect.

And I say this: The law, which came 430 years later, does not revoke a covenant that was previously ratified by God and cancel the promise.

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.

What I am saying is this: The law that came four hundred thirty years later does not cancel a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to invalidate the promise.

Now I say this: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.

Then the LORD said to Abram,“ Know this for certain: Your offspring will be resident aliens for four hundred years in a land that does not belong to them and will be enslaved and oppressed.

All these were approved through their faith, but they did not receive what was promised,since God had provided something better for us, so that they would not be made perfect without us.

For every one of God’s promises is“ Yes” in him. Therefore, through him we also say“ Amen” to the glory of God.

for the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

The LORD of Armies himself has planned it; therefore, who can stand in its way? It is his hand that is outstretched, so who can turn it back?

For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater to swear by, he swore by himself:I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply you.And so, after waiting patiently, Abraham obtained the promise.For people swear by something greater than themselves, and for them a confirming oath ends every dispute.Because God wanted to show his unchangeable purpose even more clearly to the heirs of the promise, he guaranteed it with an oath,so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us.

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel— not with eloquent wisdom, so that the cross of Christ will not be emptied of its effect.

What then? If some were unfaithful, will their unfaithfulness nullify God’s faithfulness?

For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.If those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made empty and the promise nullified,

I am saying this so that no one will deceive you with arguments that sound reasonable.

Brothers and sisters, I’m using a human illustration. No one sets aside or makes additions to a validated human will.

The time that the Israelites lived in Egypt was 430 years.At the end of 430 years, on that same day, all the LORD’s military divisions went out from the land of Egypt.

He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was revealed in these last times for you.

Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has visited and provided redemption for his people.He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,just as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets in ancient times;salvation from our enemies and from the hand of those who hate us.He has dealt mercifully with our ancestors and remembered his holy covenant—the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant that we,having been rescued from the hand of our enemies, would serve him without fearin holiness and righteousness in his presence all our days.And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,to give his people knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins.Because of our God’s merciful compassion, the dawn from on high will visit usto shine on those who live in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

I will confirm my covenant that is between me and you and your future offspring throughout their generations. It is a permanent covenant to be your God and the God of your offspring after you.And to you and your future offspring I will give the land where you are residing— all the land of Canaan— as a permanent possession, and I will be their God.”

Your covenant with Death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not last. When the overwhelming catastrophe passes through, you will be trampled.

You who are trying to be justified by the law are alienated from Christ; you have fallen from grace.

Would you really challenge my justice? Would you declare me guilty to justify yourself?

God is not a man, that he might lie, or a son of man, that he might change his mind. Does he speak and not act, or promise and not fulfill?

God spoke in this way: His descendants would be strangers in a foreign country, and they would enslave and oppress them for four hundred years.

What am I saying then? That food sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?

God presented him as the mercy seat by his blood, through faith, to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his restraint God passed over the sins previously committed.

But if her husband prohibits her when he hears about it, he will cancel her vow that is binding or the rash commitment she herself made, and the LORD will release her.

Is the law therefore contrary to God’s promises? Absolutely not! For if the law had been granted with the ability to give life, then righteousness would certainly be on the basis of the law.

So the previous command is annulled because it was weak and unprofitable

This is what I mean, brothers and sisters: The time is limited, so from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none,

Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thoughts.

These all died in faith, although they had not received the things that were promised. But they saw them from a distance, greeted them, and confessed that they were foreigners and temporary residents on the earth.

On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying,“ I give this land to your offspring, from the Brook of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River:

Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; he saw it and was glad.”The Jews replied,“ You aren’t fifty years old yet, and you’ve seen Abraham?”Jesus said to them,“ Truly I tell you, before Abraham was, I am.”

The LORD frustrates the counsel of the nations; he thwarts the plans of the peoples.

But God said,“ No. Your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a permanent covenant for his future offspring.

They inquired into what time or what circumstances the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when he testified in advance to the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow.It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you. These things have now been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven— angels long to catch a glimpse of these things.

What I am saying is this: One of you says,“ I belong to Paul,” or“ I belong to Apollos,” or“ I belong to Cephas,” or“ I belong to Christ.”

The point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.

By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He received the promises and yet he was offering his one and only son,the one to whom it had been said, Your offspring will be traced through Isaac.He considered God to be able even to raise someone from the dead; therefore, he received him back, figuratively speaking.

I say, then, walk by the Spirit and you will certainly not carry out the desire of the flesh.