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.

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.

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.

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.

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 for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign country. They will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.

And these all were commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.For God had provided something better for us, so that they would be made perfect together with us.

For every one of God’s promises are“ Yes” in him; therefore also through him the“ Amen” is spoken, to the glory we give to God.

For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ.

Indeed, the LORD who commands armies has a plan, and who can possibly frustrate it? His hand is ready to strike, and who can possibly stop it?

Now when God made his promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself,saying,“ Surely I will bless you greatly and multiply your descendants abundantly.”And so by persevering, Abraham inherited the promise.For people swear by something greater than themselves, and the oath serves as a confirmation to end all dispute.In the same way God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to the heirs of the promise that his purpose was unchangeable, and so he intervened with an oath,so that we who have found refuge in him may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie.

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel– and not with clever speech, so that the cross of Christ would not become useless.

What then? If some did not believe, does their unbelief nullify the faithfulness of God?

For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not fulfilled through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.For if they become heirs by the law, faith is empty and the promise is nullified.

I say this so that no one will deceive you through arguments that sound reasonable.

Brothers and sisters, I offer an example from everyday life: When a covenant has been ratified, even though it is only a human contract, no one can set it aside or add anything to it.

Now the length of time the Israelites lived in Egypt was 430 years.At the end of the 430 years, on the very day, all the regiments of the LORD went out of the land of Egypt.

He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was manifested in these last times for your sake.

“ Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, because he has come to help and has redeemed his people.For he has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from long ago,that we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us.He has done this to show mercy to our ancestors, and to remember his holy covenant–the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham. This oath grantsthat we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies, may serve him without fear,in holiness and righteousness before him for as long as we live.And you, child, will be called the 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 tender mercy the dawn will break upon us from on highto give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

I will confirm my covenant as a perpetual covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.I will give the whole land of Canaan– the land where you are now residing– to you and your descendants after you as a permanent possession. I will be their God.”

Your treaty with death will be dissolved; your agreement with Sheol will not last. When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by, you will be overrun by it.

You who are trying to be declared righteous by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace!

Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?

God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a human being, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it happen?

But God spoke as follows:‘ Your descendants will be foreigners in a foreign country, whose citizens will enslave them and mistreat them for four hundred years.

Am I saying that idols or food sacrificed to them amount to anything?

God publicly displayed him at his death as the mercy seat accessible through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because God in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed.

But if when her husband hears it he overrules her, then he will nullify the vow she has taken, and whatever she uttered impulsively which she has pledged for herself. And the LORD will release her from it.

Is the law therefore opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.

On the one hand a former command is set aside because it is weak and useless,

And I say this, brothers and sisters: The time is short. So then those who have wives should be as those who have none,

So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth.

That day the LORD made a covenant with Abram:“ To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River–

Your father Abraham was overjoyed to see my day, and he saw it and was glad.”Then the Judeans replied,“ You are not yet fifty years old! Have you seen Abraham?”Jesus said to them,“ I tell you the solemn truth, before Abraham came into existence, I am!”

The LORD frustrates the decisions of the nations; he nullifies the plans of the peoples.

God said,“ No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant for his descendants after him.

They probed into what person or time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when he testified beforehand about the sufferings appointed for Christ and his subsequent glory.They were shown that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things now announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven– things angels long to catch a glimpse of.

Now I mean this, that each of you is saying,“ I am with Paul,” or“ I am with Apollos,” or“ I am with Cephas,” or“ I am with Christ.”

My 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 had received the promises, yet he was ready to offer up his only son.God had told him,“ Through Isaac descendants will carry on your name,”and he reasoned that God could even raise him from the dead, and in a sense he received him back from there.

But I say, live by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.