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


In Context

15 Brethren, as a man I say it, even of man a confirmed covenant no one doth make void or doth add to,

16 and to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed; He doth not say, 'And to seeds,' as of many, but as of one, 'And to thy seed,' which is Christ;

17 and this I say, A covenant confirmed before by God to Christ, the law, that came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not set aside, to make void the promise,

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

19 Why, then, the law? on account of the transgressions it was added, till the seed might come to which the promise hath been made, having been set in order through messengers in the hand of a mediator —

20 and the mediator is not of one, and 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 Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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