18For if the inheritance is by the law, it is no more by promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.


In Context

15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it is but a man's covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no man disannulleth or addeth to it.

16 Now 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.

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

18 For if the inheritance is by the law, it is no more by promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

19 What purpose 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.

20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one; but God is one.

Galatians 3:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:18For if the inheritance [be] of the law, [it is] no more of promise: but God gave [it] to Abraham by promise.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:18For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:18For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise. But God gave it to Abraham by promise.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:18For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise: but God hath granted it to Abraham by promise.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:18For if the inheritance be on the principle of law, it is no longer on the principle of promise; but God gave it in grace to Abraham by promise.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:18For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise: but God hath granted it to Abraham by promise.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:18For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise; but God has granted it to Abraham by promise.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:18for if by law be the inheritance, it is no more by promise, but to Abraham through promise did God grant it.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:18For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.